Gazprom Promgaz
Joint Stock Company Gazprom Promgaz is a Russian company that specializes in structural engineering, design, research, heating, the electric power market, and other services related to natural gas. The company is a research institute established in 1949.
The headquarters of the company are in Saint Petersburg. JSC Gazprom Promgaz is a member of self-regulatory organizations in the field of engineering surveys, design and has all the necessary permits to perform work, including at particularly hazardous and technically complex facilities.
The Company has an Integrated Management System, which includes a Quality Management System, an Environmental Management System, an Occupational Safety and Health Management System, as well as a Risk Management and Internal Control System.
History
The organization was established on 17 June 1949 and was primarily called the All-Union Research and Design Institute of Underground Coal Gasification or VNIIPodzemgaz. It was created from the Laboratory of Underground Gasification of the All-Union Gas Research Institute, and developed technologies of underground coal, oil shale and petroleum gasification.The first director of VNIIPodzemgaz was Andrey Chernyshov. Under his direction, the basis of technology of underground [coal gasification] was developed and awarded the Stalin prize. In 1954, technicians of VNIIPodzemgaz made hydraulic fracturing of the coal-bed for the first time in the world.
In 1964, VNIIPodzemgaz was renamed as the All-Union Research and Designed Institute of Industrial Gasification or VNIIPromgaz.
In the 1970s, the organization transformed into the all-Union research association, which consisted of the following:
- Research institute
- Central Asian branch in Tashkent
- Three plants for making gas-powered equipment:
- Kamensk-Shakhtinsky
- Fastov
- Leninabad - Startup and adjustment sectors
- State test center for gas burner devices
- Special planning and design bureau
After the collapse of the Soviet Union and a series of reforms, VNIIPromgaz became Open Joint Stock Company Promgaz and was entirely focused on the development of technologies for effective gas use.
In 2008, Promgaz was renamed to OJSC Gazprom Promgaz.
In February 2013, professor Yury Spector became CEO.
In 2014, the company projected the general scheme for gas supply of Kyrgyzstan.
In 2015, Oleg Andreyev became CEO. OJSC Gazprom Promgaz was renamed to JSC Gazprom Promgaz.
In 2019, Nikolay Storonsky became CEO.