Summary
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]
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Native name | Газпром промгаз |
|---|---|
| Company type | Public (OAO) |
| Industry | Engineering |
| Founded | 1949 |
| Headquarters | , Russia |
Area served | Russia, Kyrgyzstan |
Key people | Oleg Andreyev (CEO) Yury Spector (Senior Deputy of CEO) Constantine Khomenko (Chairman)[1] |
| Services | Design of natural gas networks |
| Owner | Gazprom (99,36%) |
Number of employees | Estimated- 750[2] |
| Subsidiaries | Kamensky plant of gas-powered equipment[3] Ekoservis |
| Website | promgaz |
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 edit
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).
In the 1970s, the organization transformed into the all-Union research association, which consisted of the following:
- Research institute
- Central Asian branch in Tashkent (Uzbekistan)
- Three plants for making gas-powered equipment:
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky (Russia)
- Fastov (Ukraine)
- Leninabad (now Qanliko‘l, Uzbekistan) - Startup and adjustment sectors
- State test center for gas burner devices
- Special planning and design bureau
During these years, the organization was headed by Nikolay Fyodorov. 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 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 edit
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 edit
- ^ About managers Retrieved on October 3, 2014 (in Russian)
- ^ a b c Information from Bloomberg Businessweek
- ^ About Kamensky plant is a subsidiary of Gazprom Promgaz Retrieved on October 3, 2014 (in Russian)
- ^ a b c About the company Retrieved on October 3, 2014 (in Russian)
- ^ General information from Gazprom.com Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved on October 3, 2014
- ^ a b Information from LinkedIn
- ^ Information from EMIS (in Russian)
- ^ a b Information from GasOilPress Archived 2015-12-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ About the branches (in Russian)
- ^ Создано Представительство ОАО «Газпром промгаз» в Республике Беларусь // Gazprom.ru Archived 2015-12-26 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ Астрахань.рф Archived 2017-04-23 at the Wayback Machine (in Russian)
- ^ В Кыргызской Республике началось строительство пилотного объекта АО «Газпром промгаз» (in Russian)
- ^ About Kamensk Plant of Gas Equipment
- ^ Official website of Kamensk Plant of Gas Equipment (in Russian)
- ^ 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
- ^ "Yury Spektor put in charge of Gazprom Promgaz // Gazprom.com". Archived from the original on 2015-02-08. Retrieved 2015-02-08.
- ^ Director General of Gazprom Promgaz presents general scheme of gas supply and gasification of Kyrgyzstan until 2030 // Kyrgyz National News Agency
- ^ Oleg Andreyev became CEO (in Russian)
- ^ Утверждена Генеральная схема газификации Южной Осетии, разработанная «Газпром промгаз» (in Russian)
- ^ Встреча с делегацией ОАО «Газпром – Промгаз» // Official website of the President of South Ossetia (in Russian)
- ^ Андрей Оплачко выступил с докладом на заседании Совета директоров ЗАО «Газпром Армения» (in Russian)
External links edit
- Official website of Gazprom promgaz (in Russian)
- On Gazprom.com Archived 2014-10-06 at the Wayback Machine
- On Bloomberg Businessweek[dead link]
- Official website of Kamensk Plant of Gas Equipment
