Head of the Department of Gas Transportation, Underground Storage and Utilization
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Date of birth: October 10, 1946
Place of birth: town of Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukrainian SSR
Education: Higher
Academic degrees and titles: Professor, Doctor of Technical Science (2003), Active Member (Academician) with the Academy of Mining Sciences (1995), Academy of Technological Sciences (2000), Russian Engineering Academy (2002)
Graduated from:
- 1970 – Ivano-Frankovsk Oil and Gas Institute (Engineering and Operation of Oil and Gas Pipelines, Gas Storage Facilities and Oil Tanks)
- 1995 – Academy of the National Economy under the Government of the Russian Federation
State, industry awards and honorary titles:
Sign of Honor (1982) and Friendship (1999) Orders; Merit Certificate of the Government of the Russian Federation; Medal of the People’s Republic of Mongolia; Saint Blessed Prince Daniil Moskovsky (3rd Degree) and Reverend Sergiy Radonezhsky (3rd Degree) Orders of the Russian Orthodox Church; Patriarchal Certificate; Great Prince Vladimir Order of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church; 800th Anniversary of Moscow, 1000th Anniversary of Kazan, For Outstanding Contribution to the Development of Kuban (3rd Degree) Commemorative Medals
(Titles) Meritorious Worker of the Komi ASSR’s National Economy; Honorary Worker of the Gas Industry; Meritorious Worker of the Fuel and Energy Ministry of Russia; Meritorious Worker of the Ukrainian Gas Industry
(Badges) Excellent Worker of the Gas Industry Ministry; Labor Veteran of the Gas Industry; For Outstanding Services to the Exploration of Natural Resources in the Republic of Komi; Meritorious Engineer of Russia with the Russian Engineering Academy
Winner of the Russian Federation Government Science and Technology Award (1996); State Science and Technology Award (2000); A.N. Kosygin, A.K. Kortunov, N.K. Baibakov, Academician A.M. Lulka Awards; Gold ROSING Award
Professional career:
1964-1965 – separating worker with the spirits production shop under the Ukrainian Minpishcheprom’s Ivano-Frankovsk Spirits and Vodka Production Association, Ivano-Frankovsk
1965-1967 – student at the Ivano-Frankovsk branch of the Lvov Polytechnic Institute
1967-1970 – student at the Ivano-Frankovsk Oil and Gas Institute
1970-1970 – Emergency and Repair Service foreman with the District Gas and Condensate Pipeline Directorate of the Gas Industry Ministry’s Komigazprom Association, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1970-1973 – Emergency and Repair Service Head with the District Gas and Condensate Pipeline Directorate of the Gas Industry Ministry’s Komigazprom Association, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1973-1975 – Chief Engineer with the Sosnogorsk District Gas Pipeline Directorate within the Severgaztsentr Directorate of the Gas Industry Ministry’s Komigazprom Production Association, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1975-1978 – Deputy Head of the Sosnogorsk Pipeline Management Directorate with the Ukhtatransgaz Association within the Gas Industry Ministry’s Komigazprom All-Union Industrial Association, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1978-1979 – Head of the Gas Pipeline Operation Unit with the Ukhtatransgaz Association within the Gas Industry Ministry’s Komigazprom All-Union Industrial Association, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1979-1981 – Deputy Director (Production) of the Gas Industry Ministry’s Ukhtatransgaz Association, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1981-1986 – Director, Director General of the Gas Industry Ministry’s Ukhtatransgaz Production Association and (later) Glavtsentrtransgaz, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1986-1989 - Director General of the Gas Industry Ministry’s Severgazprom Gas Transmission and Production Association, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1989-1991 – Director General of the Severgazprom Production Association, Management Committee Member with the Gazprom State Gas Concern, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1991-1991 - Director General of Severgazprom, Management Committee Member with the Gazprom State Gas Concern, Ukhta, Komi ASSR
1991-1993 - Management Committee Member, Production Division Head of the Gazprom State Gas Concern, Moscow
1993-1997 - Management Committee Member with the Gazprom Russian Joint Stock Company, Moscow
1997-2001 – Head of the Gas Transportation and Utilization Department, Member of the Management Committee with the Gazprom Russian (and later Open) Joint Stock Company
2001- present – Head of the Gas Transportation, Underground Storage and Utilization Department, Member of the Management Committee with the Gazprom Open Joint Stock Company
Mr. B.V. Budzulyak is author and co-author of more than 90 research papers in central and industry publications focused on matters surrounding operation of the United Gas Transmission System; operation, inspection, repair, reconstruction and technical modernization of gas mains and compressor stations; detection and reduction of gas losses at gas mains; utilization of gas as motor fuel; creation of conditions for environmentally safe and rational use of gas.