Transmission
Unified Gas Supply System of Russia
Natural gas produced in Russia is pumped into gas trunklines integrated in the Unified Gas Supply System of Russia (UGSS).
UGSS is the largest gas transmission system in the world and represents a unique technological compound comprising gas extraction, processing, transmission, storage and distribution facilities. UGSS assures steady gas supply from the wellhead to the end user.
UGSS includes 155 000 km gas mains and branch pipelines, 268 compressor stations and gas-pumping units with a total power of 44.8 mln kW of gas pumping units, 6 gas processing and gas condensate complexes, 24 UGS facilities.
Thanks to a centralized management, a considerable ramification and parallel transmission routes, UGSS has a substantial reliability margin and is able to uninterruptedly supply gas even under seasonal peak loads.
UGSS is owned by Gazprom.