Gazprom head reminded Bashkiria of gas debt for 2.2 billion rubles

UFA, 18 April 2019. /Bashinform News Agency/ translated by Tatiana Aksyutina/.

On April 17, the Acting Head of Bashkiria, Radiy Khabirov, discussed various aspects of cooperation with Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Board of PJSOC Gazprom in Moscow. In particular, they talked about the gasification of the republic, which level by the beginning of 2019 had reached 93%. Gazprom continues gasification of the region. According to the press service of the head of Bashkiria, in the republic in the first half of the year, it is planned to complete the construction of two inter-settlement gas pipelines - to the Ufa Zaton neighborhood and to the micro-districts 22, 23, 23a and 24 in the city of Neftekamsk, where housing is being actively developed. At the same time, the company’s branches are designing four more gas pipelines for the gasification of twenty-three rural settlements in the Burzyan, Mishkino and Uchaly districts, and the Raduzhny neighborhood in the city of Sterlitamak.

Radiy Khabirov and Alexey Miller reviewed the prospects for the of Gazprom’s gas filling network development in the region. Today it consists of 14 gas filling stations, including four in Ufa, and two refueling stations with compressed natural gas. Currently, the company has selected three land plots for the construction of gas filling facilities in Ufa, Neftekamsk and the village of Karmaskaly.

Alexey Miller drew attention to the need to take measures on resolving overdue consumer debt of the republic for gas. As of April 1, 2019, it amounted to 2.2 billion rubles.