Key Investment Projects
In the reporting year, PJSC Gazprom went on with its investment program. Actual CAPEX for the year stood at RUB 1,699.4 billion
The program focuses on financing priority projects, including further development of gas production hubs in Eastern Russia and on the Yamal Peninsula, gas infrastructure expansion across Russian regions, capacity upgrades for the Power of Siberia gas pipeline and the Company’s gas processing assets, construction of the Eastern Gas Supply System gas trunkline, and implementation of projects ensuring balanced peak gas supplies.
To address the strategic objectives of ensuring the country’s energy supply and strengthening positions in export markets, PJSC Gazprom runs major investment projects, which contribute to key social development goals, create new jobs, and promote innovations in process safety, energy efficiency and environmental protection.
Gas Production Projects
The Company’s fields use a wide range of advanced technologies helping to enhance their operational efficiency, ensure process safety and minimize environmental impact.
Technologies and automation
- Use of low-staffed and automated solutions to improve process manageability and reduce human error.
- Implementation of shutdown devices, automated controls, and early warning systems.
- Use of autonomous energy sources based on renewables.
- Application of equipment complying with the best available technologies (BAT).
- Use of variable frequency drive motors and LED lighting.
- Installation of energy-efficient boiler equipment.
Environment
- Use of closed-loop production systems to prevent air, soil and groundwater pollution.
- Assessment of environmental impact using bioindication methods.
- Storage of drilling waste in underground tanks located in stable permafrost zones.
- Use of heat-insulated casing pipes to prevent permafrost thawing and help minimize the size of the well pad.
- Ongoing transition to NGV fuels.
- Construction of special crossings under/over infrastructure lines for wildlife migration.
Process Safety
- Operation of facilities under the Integrated System of Process Safety Management (ISPSM).
- Implementation of soil temperature stabilization and corrosion monitoring systems to ensure well operation safety.
Efforts are underway to restore the transport infrastructure of the Irkutsk Region used during the Kovyktinskoye field development project. In 2021–2025, 754 km of roads were repaired and 625 km underwent maintenance. Infrastructure supporting the traditional lifestyles of indigenous minorities is being enhanced: specialized crossings have been installed along reindeer migration routes to ensure herds can safely traverse the Bovanenkovskoye field territory.
Number of jobs created under major gas production projects
| Project | Project launch | Number of jobs created | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 2025 | From the start of calculation till December 31, 2025 | Planned for the project life cycle | ||
Development of the Chayandinskoye field, РRepublic of Sakha (Yakutia) Purpose of the investment project: gas production to ensure supplies to Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District, including exports to China | 2013 | 0 | 1,176 | 1,176 |
Development of the Kovyktinskoye field, Irkutsk Region Purpose of the investment project: gas production to ensure supplies to Russia’s Far Eastern Federal District, including exports to China | 2019 | 189 | 2,826 | 3,770 |
Development of the Kharasaveyskoye field (Cenomanian-Aptian deposits), Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area Purpose of the investment project: expansion of gas production on the Yamal Peninsula | 2012 | 119 | 627 | 1,104 |
Development of the Bovanenkovskoye field (Cenomanian-Aptian deposits), Yamalo-Nenets Autonomous Area Purpose of the investment project: ramping up gas output to supply gas to Russian consumers and international markets | 2006 | 10 | 3,314 | 3,339 |
Gas Transportation Projects
The Gazprom Group uses innovative, energy efficient and environmentally safe technologies in the construction of gas pipelines to ensure high reliability and minimize environmental impact.
Technologies and automation
- Use of low-staffed and automated solutions to improve production efficiency.
- Application of automated welding with triple seam inspection to prevent accidents.
- Use of Russian-made steel pipes with smooth internal coating in the construction of gas pipelines to reduce energy consumption during gas transportation.
- Use of autonomous energy sources based on renewables.
Environment
- Use of autonomous energy sources based on renewables.
- Installation of energy-saving equipment with improved efficiency at compressor stations to reduce emissions and prolong equipment lifespan.
- Regular environmental monitoring and control in construction areas.
- Use of rapidly deployable self-propelled bridges to preserve the ecosystem and minimize the environmental impact.
- Environmental improvements in communities undergoing gas infrastructure expansions, among other things, thanks to coal-to-gas power plant conversions, which help reduce harmful emissions and improve air quality.
Construction of the Southern Yakutia TPPThe project is implemented by the Gazprom Group’s joint venture.. The power plant will be fueled by natural gas supplied via the Power of Siberia gas trunkline and will provide electricity to the infrastructure of the Eastern Operating Domain, a strategic transport artery for the Russian economy’s development.
Number of jobs created under major gas transportation projects
| Project | Project launch | Number of jobs created | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| In 2025 | From the start of calculation till December 31, 2025 | Planned for the project life cycle | ||
Construction of the Power of Siberia gas trunklinePurposes of the investment project:
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Construction of the Power of Siberia gas trunkline section, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Amur Region | 2014 | 88 | 2,562 | 2,623 |
| Construction of the Power of Siberia gas pipeline section from the Kovyktinskoye to the Chayandinskoye fields, Republic of Sakha (Yakutia), Irkutsk Region | 2022Commissioning/launch year for key production facilities. | 20 | 453 | 590 |
Construction of the Sakhalin — Khabarovsk — Vladivostok gas trunklineIncluding gas pipeline branch from the Sakhalin—Khabarovsk—Vladivostok gas trunkline to the Chinese border., Sakhalin Region, Khabarovsk Territory, Primorye Territory Purposes of the investment project:
| 2009 | 28 | 1,173 | 1,620 |
Gas Processing Projects
The Gazprom Group’s gas processing projects are built around high standards of process safety, environmental responsibility and state-of-the-art technologies, which helps minimize risks to the environment and human health.
Process safety and risk management
- Engagement of the leading Russian scientific and engineering institutions to conduct risk-based analysis at the design stage.
- Running all engineering processes in a sealed closed system to eliminate leakage and prevent environmental impact.
- Use of shut-off valves of at least leakage class 1 to ensure the minimum probability of pollutant emissions.
- Equipment of all process units with advanced monitoring, management and automation systems, including a highly efficient emergency shutdown system.
- Use of 3D navigation and positioning to familiarize staff with safety practices.
Environment
- Use of specialized software to automate environmental safety and protection tasks in large companies.
- Integration of solutions for preserving the surrounding ecosystems into relevant design documents.
- Use of cryogenic gas units in production processes without relying on external cold sources.
- Collection and treatment of all types of wastewater discharges at purification facilities using membrane bioreactor technology to enhance treatment efficiency without increasing the plant’s footprint.
- Use of heat recovered from exhaust gases of gas pumping units to boil water.
Operations were optimized across the Amur Gas Processing Plant’s (GPP) boiler houses, gas pumping units, and treatment facility. These adjustments improved equipment performance and efficiency, reduced gas consumption, maximized treatment effectiveness, and minimized environmental impact. A multipurpose sports and training complex, along with a cultural and leisure center, have been constructed in Svobodny, Amur Region. Additionally, following the Gas Processing Facility within the Ethane-Containing Gas Plant near Ust-Luga (Leningrad Region), plans are underway to develop housing, social infrastructure, and utility networks in Kingisepp’s residential neighborhood No. 7.
Oleg Kmet oversees the assessment and monitoring of efficiency for PJSC Gazprom’s license area development projects, as well as the preparation of a functional budget for the mineral resource base development program to improve the quality of investment decisions.
Under his leadership, a set of methodological solutions was introduced for geological exploration and resource base development, ensuring unified principles for project portfolio analysis and management.
Drawing on those methodological solutions, Oleg and his co-authors developed software, analytical tools, and digital services for monitoring exploration efficiency and portfolio analysis, which deliver greater transparency and higher-quality analytical information for investment decisions. This toolkit received the first PJSC Gazprom Science and Technology Prize in 2020.
He also participated in introducing a range of scientific and technical solutions for the development of the Semakovskoye gas field, which made it possible to avoid building capital-intensive hydraulic structures by drilling extended-reach wells from land, significantly improving the project’s economics. In the reporting year, this work was recognized with a PJSC Gazprom Science and Technology Prize.