Alexey Miller's column
Christmas and New Year greetings
“I wish the upcoming year 2015 will be a good one for Russia, for Gazprom and for all of you. I wish happiness, prosperity and health to you and your beloved ones!”
Alexey Miller: St. Petersburg is changing into a major international center for natural gas sales
“We’ve opened Gazprom Export’s brand new and modern HQ in the ‘most European city of Russia’. It’s very symbolic as Europe will be in greater need for Russian natural gas. St. Petersburg is changing into a major international center for natural gas sales. One-fourth of Gazprom’s Administration staff has already been relocated to St. Petersburg.”
Import substitution is Gazprom’s priority
“Import substitution is Gazprom's priority. We've been consistently and seriously engaged in this activity for many years. I am confident that the effect from RUSNANO's participation will be accumulated every year.”
Gazprom boosting reliability of energy supply to Moscow
“The new gas turbine unit increases the power generating capacity of CHPP-16 more than twofold, considerably boosts the reliability of gas supply to consumers in Moscow and lays the energy foundation for developing northwestern areas of Moscow. Here the construction of new housing blocks, schools, kindergartens, hospitals and sports facilities is well underway. It is important that the use of a new turbine unit considerably saves natural gas and strongly mitigates the environmental impact of the power plant.”
Yamal is the future of the Russian gas industry
“The development of an unparalleled gas production center is well underway in Yamal, in harsh Arctic latitudes. The annual design capacity at Bovanenkovo has already amounted to 90 billion cubic meters of gas. It is commensurate with the volume supplied by Gazprom to Germany, Turkey and Italy last year, and this is not the full productivity yet. Yamal is the future of the Russian gas industry.”