Unified Gas Supply System of Russia
Natural gas produced in Russia is delivered into gas trunklines integrated in the Unified Gas Supply System (UGSS) of Russia.
The UGSS is the world’s largest gas transmission system and represents a unique engineering complex encompassing gas production, processing, transmission, storage and distribution facilities. It assures continuous gas supply from the wellhead to the ultimate consumer.
The UGSS includes 160.4 thousand kilometers of gas trunklines and laterals, 215 line compressor stations with gas compressor units totaling 42 thousand MW in capacity, 6 gas and gas condensate treatment facilities and 25 underground gas storages.
Gas pipelines are long enough to go 4 times around the Earth
Centralized control, considerable ramification and parallel transmission routes endow the UGSS with a substantial reliability margin and ability to secure uninterrupted gas supplies even under peak season loads.
The Unified Gas Supply System is owned by Gazprom.