New sports facility opens in Irkutsk Region with support from Gazprom Nedra
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On January 27, the opening ceremony for the Spartanets (Spartan) martial arts hall took place in the Ust-Udinsky District of the Irkutsk Region. The project was implemented with financial support from Gazprom Nedra under the agreement of cooperation between the company and the municipality.
Opening of Spartanets martial arts hall marks another important milestone in history of sports in municipality
The new sports facility is designed to be a training ground for about 360 young people and adults living in the district. Thanks to the assistance provided by Gazprom Nedra, the facility was equipped with changing rooms, and a mat for sambo classes was purchased for athletes.
Sergey Chemezov, Head of the Ust-Udinsky District, described the opening of the Spartanets martial arts hall as another important milestone in the history of sports in the municipality. He addressed his fellow countrymen on social media, saying: “Now, our athletes can enjoy unique conditions for improving their achievements and results; a comfortable environment has been created in the modern hall for sambo, judo, boxing, and freestyle wrestling.”
Interdistrict sambo competition brings together 64 athletes from settlements of Irkutsk Region
The opening ceremony of the new sports hall was celebrated with the traditional annual interdistrict sambo competition which brought together 64 athletes from the settlements of the Irkutsk Region. “We are happy that the wrestling mat, which is a gift from our company, became the first to have successfully passed the endurance test. We hope that the spirit of fair sports rivalry and the desire for a healthy lifestyle will always distinguish the students of Spartanets,” Vsevolod Cherepanov, Director General of Gazprom Nedra, commented on the event.
Background
Gazprom Nedra is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom, which ranks as one of Russia's largest multidisciplinary service companies in the oil and gas industry. In 2019, the company's production potential was expanded through the integration of the assets of Gazprom Georesource and Gazprom Geologorazvedka.
The company conducts a full range of exploration activities on a centralized basis in Russia and provides customers with a wide array of unique geophysical and geotechnical services.
Gazprom Nedra is the chief source of geophysical data for the Gazprom Group with regard to optimizing feedstock production, reducing operating costs and evaluating the efficiency of geophysical operations, calculating reserves in gas deposits and storage facilities, and providing environmental security.
The enterprise has branches in all gas producing regions of Russia. It has about 4,500 people on staff and its administration offices are based in Moscow and Tyumen.
A quality management system based on the GOST ISO 9001 standard, an occupational health and safety management system conforming to the ISO 45001 standard, and an environmental safety management system in line with the ISO 14001:2015 international standard (GOST R ISO 14001) are in force at the company.