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Vladimir Putin offers congratulations on Gazprom’s 25th anniversary
Alexey Miller holds conference call marking 25th anniversary of Gazprom
Congratulatory messages
Message from Russian President Vladimir Putin
Materials
February 18, 2018
1993
February 17
Pursuant to the Russian Government’s Resolution in furtherance of the relevant Presidential Decree, Gazprom Gas Concern is reorganized into Russian Joint Stock Company Gazprom.
January 26
In accordance with the Russian President’s Order, Rem Vyakhirev is appointed as Chairman of the Board of Directors – Chairman of the Management Committee of RJSC Gazprom. He serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors up to May 31, 1996.
1994
April
Gazprom’s privatization starts.
1995
May 31
Gazprom’s first annual General Shareholders Meeting is held.
August
An official presentation of the Gazprom headquarters is held at 16 Nametkina Street in Moscow.
1996
October 23
The first joint of the Yamal – Europe gas pipeline is welded in Belarus.
1997
December 15
An intergovernmental agreement for Russian gas supplies to Turkey is signed. The agreement launches the Blue Stream project – the first offshore pipeline for gas exports from Russia.
1998
June 26
Pursuant to the decision of the General Shareholders Meeting, Gazprom is reorganized into an open joint stock company.
1999
June 27
Viktor Chernomyrdin is elected as Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors (in office until June 2000).
November
The Yamal – Europe gas pipeline running across Russia, Belarus, Poland, and Germany enters commercial operation.
Rem Vyakhirev and Alexander Lukashenko attend commissioning ceremony for Yamal – Europe gas pipeline
2000
February 3
The first joint of the Blue Stream gas pipeline is welded in the Krasnodar Territory.
June 30
Dmitry Medvedev is elected as Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors (in office up to June 2001). He is re-elected in June 2002 and occupies this post for six years until being elected President of Russia.
2001
May 30
Alexey Miller is elected as Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee.
June 29
Rem Vyakhirev is elected as Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors (in office up to June 2002).
October 31
Gazprom starts producing gas from Zapolyarnoye, one of the largest fields in the world.
2002
July 16
Pursuant to the Russian Government’s Order, Gazprom is tasked with coordinating the execution of the state-run Eastern Gas Program.
November 18
Gazprom resolves to launch the Nord Stream project – a fundamentally new route for Russian gas supplies to Europe via the Baltic Sea.
2003
February 20
The Company starts commercial gas supplies via Blue Stream.
2004
October 2
The Zapolyarnoye field reaches the capacity of 100 billion cubic meters of gas per year.
2005
September 2
Gazprom’s first liquefied natural gas (LNG) shipment is brought by an LNG carrier to a regasification terminal in the United States.
September 8
Gazprom, BASF, and E.ON sign an agreement in principle to build Nord Stream.
Signing of agreement in principle between Gazprom, BASF, and E.ON to build North European Gas Pipeline
October 21
Gazprom takes control over 75.679 per cent of Sibneft (from June 2006 – Gazprom Neft), laying the foundation for further development of the Company’s oil business.
December
A law is adopted, providing that the Russian Government shall possess no less than 50 per cent plus one share of the Company. Restrictions on the acquisition of Gazprom’s shares by foreign investors are lifted.
2006
August 18
Gazprom’s first LNG cargo is delivered to the Asian market. The cargo is purchased by Japan.
December 21
Gazprom joins Sakhalin II, Russia’s first LNG production project.
2007
April 25
The Board of Directors approves Gazprom’s Power Generation Strategy, thanks to which the Company becomes the largest power producer in Russia among heat generating companies.
May 24
Phase 1 of the Haidach UGS facility – the first underground gas storage facility in Europe constructed with Gazprom’s participation – is completed in Austria.
December 18
The Yuzhno-Russkoye oil and gas field – the first gas production project in Russia executed jointly with a foreign partner and based on an asset swap deal – is put onstream.
Frank-Walter Steinmeier and Dmitry Medvedev at commissioning ceremony for Yuzhno-Russkoye field
2008
June 27
Viktor Zubkov is elected as Chairman of the Gazprom Board of Directors.
November 12
Pilot production at the first block of the hard-to-reach Achimov deposits in the Urengoyskoye field is launched jointly with Wintershall.
Alexey Miller and Jurgen Hambrecht at commissioning ceremony for block of Achimov deposits in Urengoyskoye field
December 3
The Yamal megaproject comes online: the first joint is welded at the Bovanenkovo – Ukhta gas trunkline system, which will convey gas from Bovanenkovskoye, the largest field in the Yamal Peninsula.
Yury Neyolov, Governor of Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, Alexey Miller, Viktor Zubkov, and Vladimir Torlopov, Head of Komi Republic
2009
February 18
Russia’s first liquefied natural gas plant is brought into operation in Sakhalin.
August 26
The Dzuarikau – Tskhinval gas pipeline – a unique facility passing through the mountainous part of the Great Caucasus at a height of over 1,500 meters – is brought onstream.
September 28
Construction starts for the Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi gas pipeline and the Adler TPP with a view to provide reliable power supplies to Sochi and the 2014 Winter Olympic Games facilities.
October 30
Gazprom begins to independently produce gas from the second block of the Achimov deposits in the Urengoyskoye field.
Comprehensive gas treatment unit No. 22 at block 2A of Achimov deposits in Urengoyskoye field
2010
February 12
Russia’s first coalbed methane production facility is put onstream in the Kemerovo Region.
April 9
Construction is launched for Nord Stream.
Dmitry Medvedev at official event marking construction start of Nord Stream gas pipeline in Baltic Sea
September 29
The Sobolevo – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky gas trunkline comes onstream, bringing first gas supplies to the capital city of the Kamchatka Territory.
Commissioning ceremony for Sobolevo – Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky gas trunkline
2011
April 7
Gazprom starts producing gas and gas condensate from the Valanginian deposits of the Zapolyarnoye field.
Viktor Belogurov, oil and gas production operator at Gazprom Dobycha Yamburg
June 6
The Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi gas pipeline, Russia’s first offshore gas pipeline, is put into operation.
August 26
An offshore ice-resistant stationary platform is delivered to the Prirazlomnoye oil field in the Pechora Sea.
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September 8
The first startup complex of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas transmission system, the first-ever interregional GTS in Russia’s Far East, is put into operation.
Alexey Miller and Vladimir Putin attend commissioning ceremony for first startup complex of Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas transmission system
October 7
Gazprom acquires a subsurface use license for the Kovyktinskoye field, which will serve as the basis for the Irkutsk gas production center.
November 8
Gazprom starts commercial gas supplies via the Nord Stream gas pipeline.
Event celebrating commissioning of first string of Nord Stream gas pipeline. Photo by RIA Novosti
November 21
The Banatski Dvor UGS facility built by Gazprom and Srbijagas is put into operation in Serbia.
November 25
Gazprom acquires 100 per cent of Beltransgaz, renaming it as Gazprom Transgaz Belarus upon closing the transaction, and becomes the owner of the Belarusian gas transmission system.
2012
March 23
A combined cycle gas turbine unit with the capacity of 800 MW is brought onstream at the Kirishi SDPP. It is the largest heat generating facility put into operation in the last 30 years, with the highest power capacity in Russia at the time.
Mikhail Izovit, station’s Senior Shift Supervisor, setting capacity level of CCGTU-800 at Kirishi SDPP in presence of Vladimir Putin and Alexey Miller
October 8
The second string of Nord Stream comes online.
October 23
A new major gas production center – the Yamal Peninsula – emerges in Russia. The Bovanenkovskoye field and the first string of the Bovanenkovo – Ukhta gas trunkline system are brought into operation.
October 31
Gazprom starts to set up a gas production center in Yakutia. An investment decision is made to pre-develop the Chayandinskoye field and construct a gas pipeline stretching from Yakutia to Blagoveshchensk – the first section of a new gas transmission system named Power of Siberia.
December
Gazprom initiates efforts to bring Russia’s NGV market to a fundamentally new level.
December 5
Gazprom delivers the world’s first LNG shipment via the Northern Sea Route – the shortest sea passage between northern Europe and northeast Asia.
Ob River LNG carrier successfully delivers world’s first LNG shipment via Northern Sea Route
2013
January 15
The Zapolyarnoye field is brought to its full capacity – 130 billion cubic meters of gas per year – and becomes the most productive field in Russia.
January 21
The Adler TPP – the most state-of-the-art power generating facility in Sochi – comes onstream.
September 23
The Kaliningradskoye UGS facility, Russia’s first UGS facility built in a salt cavern, is brought into operation.
October 4
Gazprom starts commercial gas production from the Moc Tinh and Hai Thach fields offshore Vietnam.
Commissioning ceremony for commercial gas production offshore Vietnam
October 23
Gazprom is the first Russian company to use subsea technologies in gas production, applying them at the Kirinskoye field offshore Sakhalin Island.
Graphic representation of subsea production facility at Kirinskoye field
December 20
Gazprom starts producing oil from the Prirazlomnoye field. It is the first Russian development project on the Arctic shelf.
2014
By the beginning of the 2014 Winter Olympics in Sochi, Gazprom puts into operation a number of key sports and energy facilities. The Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi gas pipeline and the Adler TPP provide reliable energy supplies to the city and adjacent areas.
January 16
Gazprom increases its share in ArmRosgazprom to 100 per cent, renaming it as Gazprom Armenia upon closing the transaction. Gazprom Armenia owns gas transmission assets in Armenia and delivers gas to local consumers.
April 10
Gazprom acquires 100 per cent of KyrgyzgazProm (Gazprom Kyrgyzstan upon closing the transaction), the exclusive importer of natural gas to Kyrgyzstan and the owner of the country’s gas transmission and distribution systems.
May 21
Gazprom and CNPC sign the 30-year Sales and Purchase Agreement for Russian pipeline gas, the largest gas supply contract in Russian history.
Signing of Sales and Purchase Agreement for Russian pipeline gas. Photo by RIA Novosti
May 31
Commercial production and oil shipments commence at the Badra field in Iraq.
September 1
The Power of Siberia gas pipeline project enters the construction stage.
December 2
Gazprom and Botas Petroleum Pipeline Corporation sign the Memorandum of Understanding to construct an offshore gas pipeline running across the Black Sea toward Turkey (TurkStream project).
2015
May 8
Gazprom and CNPC ink the Heads of Agreement for gas deliveries to China via the western route.
July 21
Gazprom becomes a public joint stock company.
September 4
Gazprom and Wintershall sign the Agreement to close an asset swap deal. Gazprom increases its share in WINGAS, WIEH, and WIEE to 100 per cent, as well as receives a 50 per cent stake in WINZ. Wintershall obtains 25.01 per cent in the project for developing Blocks 4A and 5A in the Achimov deposits of the Urengoyskoye field.
October 14
Construction is launched for the Amur Gas Processing Plant, the biggest such plant in Russia and second largest in the world.
October 27
The first joint of the Ukhta – Torzhok 2 gas trunkline is welded.
Welding of first joint of Ukhta – Torzhok 2 gas trunkline at official ceremony
December 22
Two 420 MW combined cycle gas turbines are put onstream, one at CHPP-20 in Moscow and the other at the Serov SDPP in the Sverdlovsk Region.
2016
May 25
Arctic Gate, a unique oil loading terminal, is brought onstream in the Arctic. For the first time in the history of Russia’s fuel and energy complex, Yamal oil can be shipped by sea on a year-round basis.
June 30
Two new power units – STU-660 at the Troitsk SDPP and STU-330 at the Novocherkassk SDPP – are put into operation.
September 16
Incahuasi, one of the largest active gas and condensate fields in Bolivia, is brought into production.
September 21
Vostochno-Messoyakhskoye, Russia’s northernmost active oil field, is put onstream.
September 22
A new field is discovered on the Sea of Okhotsk shelf (at the Yuzhno-Lunskaya structure within the Kirinsky prospect of the Sakhalin III project).
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Drilling rig at Yuzhno-Lunskaya structure of Kirinsky prospect, Sakhalin III project
December 9
The world’s first multimedia scientific and educational Gas Transmission Museum opens in Moscow.
Interactive model of gas distribution station at Gas Transmission Museum
2017
January 18
The Bovanenkovskoye field’s new production capacities and the Bovanenkovo – Ukhta 2 gas pipeline enter operation.
May 7
Construction of the TurkStream gas pipeline’s offshore section is commenced.
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August 3
The first foundation is laid for the Amur GPP.
September 25
The Gazprom Group is ranked first in the annual S&P Global Platts Top 250 Global Energy Company Rankings.
December 1
Russia’s largest acrylic acid and butyl acrylate production plant, which is owned by Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat, is put into commercial operation in Salavat, Republic of Bashkortostan.
Acrylic acid and butyl acrylate production plant owned by Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat