Gazprom Promgaz

Joint Stock Company Gazprom Promgaz (Russian: Акционерное Общество "Газпром промгаз", abbreviated JSC Gazprom Promgaz, (Russian: ОАО "Газпром промгаз"), IPA: [ɡɐsˈprom promˈɡas]) is a Russian company that specializes in structural engineering, design, research, heating, the electric power market, and other services related to natural gas. The company is a research institute of Gazprom and was established in 1949.[2][4][5][6][7][8]

Gazprom Promgaz JSC
Native name
Газпром промгаз
TypePublic (OAO)
IndustryEngineering
Founded1949 (1949)
Headquarters
Moscow
,
Russia
Area served
Russia, Kyrgyzstan
Key people
Oleg Andreyev (CEO)
Yury Spector (Senior Deputy of CEO)
Constantine Khomenko (Chairman)[1]
ServicesDesign of natural gas networks
OwnerGazprom (99,36%)
Number of employees
Estimated- 750[2]
SubsidiariesKamensky plant of gas-powered equipment[3]
Ekoservis
Websitepromgaz.gazprom.ru

The headquarters of the company are in Moscow. Gazprom Promgaz has branches in Vidnoye (Moscow Oblast), Novokuznetsk (Kemerovo Oblast), Oryol, Saint Petersburg, Ufa, Stavropol, Astrakhan (Russia), Minsk (Belarus),[9][10][11] and Bishkek (Kyrgyzstan).[12] Gazprom Promgaz has also an associated company, Ltd "Kamensk Plant of Gas Equipment" (Russian: ООО "Каменский завод газоиспользующего оборудования") in Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Rostov Oblast).[13][14]

History

The organization was established on 17 June 1949 and was primarily called the All-Union Research and Design Institute of Underground Coal Gasification or VNIIPodzemgaz (Russian: Всесоюзный научно-исследовательский и проектный институт подземной газификации углей, or ВНИИПодземгаз). It was created from the Laboratory of Underground Gasification of the All-Union Gas Research Institute (Russian: ВНИГИ), and developed technologies of underground coal, oil shale and petroleum gasification.

The first director of VNIIPodzemgaz was Andrey Chernyshov. Under his direction, the basis of technology of underground coal gasification was developed and awarded the Stalin prize. In 1954, technicians of VNIIPodzemgaz made hydraulic fracturing of the coal-bed for the first time in the world.[15]

In 1964, VNIIPodzemgaz was renamed as the All-Union Research and Designed Institute of Industrial Gasification or VNIIPromgaz (Russian: ВНИИПромгаз). VNIIPromgaz developed methods to increase the efficiency of gas use, new types of gas-powered equipment, and researched underground reservoirs in rock formation. The organization created more than 40 new types of gas burner devices.

In the 1970s, the organization transformed into the all-Union research association, which consisted of the following:

During these years, the organization was headed by Nikolay Fyodorov. The staff consisted of about 4,000 employees, including 1,000 research and technical workers. In 1975, the license for underground coal gasification technology was sold to Texas Utilities for US$2 million.

Since the early 1970s to the mid-1980s, the organization worked as the Coordinating Сentre for the Comecon countries on development of methods to use gas as a fuel and the creation of gas-powered equipment.

After the collapse of the Soviet Union and a series of reforms (including transformation of state enterprises into joint stock companies in 1994), VNIIPromgaz became Open Joint Stock Company Promgaz (OAO Promgaz, Russian: ОАО "Промгаз") and was entirely focused on the development of technologies for effective gas use.

In 1998, a group of experts, headed by professor Alexander Karasevich, came into Promgaz from VNIIGAZ (All-Union Research Institute of Natural Gas VNIIGAZ, Russian: Всесоюзный научно-исследовательский институт природных газов ВНИИГАЗ). They added the research of coalbed methane, development of small hydrocarbon fields and planning of natural gas supply as new business fields of the company. One of the main operations became the schemes for gas supply of many regions of Russia.

In 2008, Promgaz was renamed to OJSC Gazprom Promgaz.

In February 2013, professor Yury Spector became CEO.[16]

In 2014, the company projected the general scheme for gas supply of Kyrgyzstan.[17]

In 2015, Oleg Andreyev became CEO.[18] OJSC Gazprom Promgaz was renamed to JSC Gazprom Promgaz (Russian: АО "Газпром промгаз").[4] The company projected the general schemes for gas supply of South Ossetia[19][20] and Armenia.[21]

Operations

Gazprom Promgaz plans gas transportation and its distribution systems, as well as investigating various research in the field of natural gas. The company is the general planner of the natural gas supply program for Russian regions, developed by Gazprom. The company is also a research center of Gazprom in the field of regional power systems, the supply, distribution and use of gas, efficient energy use and energy-savings, price setting for construction of gas industry objectives, the development of regional hydrocarbon fields and development of non-traditional hydrocarbon resources including coal bed methane.[2][4][6][8]

References
  1. About managers Retrieved on October 3, 2014 (in Russian)
  2. Information from Bloomberg Businessweek
  3. About Kamensky plant is a subsidiary of Gazprom Promgaz Retrieved on October 3, 2014 (in Russian)
  4. About the company Retrieved on October 3, 2014 (in Russian)
  5. General information from Gazprom.com Retrieved on October 3, 2014
  6. Information from LinkedIn
  7. Information from EMIS (in Russian)
  8. Information from GasOilPress (in Russian)
  9. About the branches (in Russian)
  10. Создано Представительство ОАО «Газпром промгаз» в Республике Беларусь // Gazprom.ru (in Russian)
  11. Астрахань.рф (in Russian)
  12. В Кыргызской Республике началось строительство пилотного объекта АО «Газпром промгаз» (in Russian)
  13. About Kamensk Plant of Gas Equipment
  14. Official website of Kamensk Plant of Gas Equipment (in Russian)
  15. It was the first hydraulic fracturing of the coal-bed (see: History of the company (in Russian)), while the first hydraulic fracturing of another substrata was earlier made in USA
  16. Yury Spektor put in charge of Gazprom Promgaz // Gazprom.com
  17. Director General of Gazprom Promgaz presents general scheme of gas supply and gasification of Kyrgyzstan until 2030 // Kyrgyz National News Agency
  18. Oleg Andreyev became CEO (in Russian)
  19. Утверждена Генеральная схема газификации Южной Осетии, разработанная «Газпром промгаз» (in Russian)
  20. Встреча с делегацией ОАО «Газпром – Промгаз» // Official website of the President of South Ossetia (in Russian)
  21. Андрей Оплачко выступил с докладом на заседании Совета директоров ЗАО «Газпром Армения» (in Russian)
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