OREANDA-NEWS. April 27, 2007.   The Gazprom Management Committee reviewed subsidiary performance over the autumn/winter 2006-2007 heating season.
As it was emphasized, during the reporting period Gazprom’s subsidiaries had secured sustainable and reliable gas deliveries to Russian and foreign consumers. The meeting pointed to the precise and coherent actions of all the structural units and subsidiaries of Gazprom when supplying gas to consumers.
During the autumn/winter 2006-2007 (October-March) period Gazprom produced 293 bcm of gas, 1.2 bcm down on the same period in 2005-2006. Due to the abnormally high temperatures over the past autumn/winter season, 32.4 bcm of gas was withdrawn from Russia’s UGS facilities, some 16 bcm down on the same period in 2005-2006, with considerable UGS reserves resulting unutilized.
To ensure reliable & uninterrupted operation of the Unified Gas Supply System within the autumn/winter 2007-2008 period the Management Committee tasked the Company’s core business units with:
-developing and submitting for the Management Committee Chairman’s approval the Major Guidelines on Subsidiary Infrastructure Preparation for Operation during the Autumn/Winter Season 2007-2008;
-providing:
  - scheduled preventive maintenance;
  - stockpiling 63.5 bcm of commercial gas reserves at Russia’s UGS facilities by the start of the next autumn/winter  period

Gazprom’s subsidiaries were entrusted with:

fulfilling reconstruction, overhaul and diagnostics plans & programs for gas production, transmission, underground storage and processing facilities in 2007;

timely implementing the Major Guidelines on Subsidiary Infrastructure Preparation for Operation during the Autumn/Winter Season 2007-2008;

ensuring the preparation of transportation vehicles and specialized equipment for operation during the autumn/winter 2006-2007 season;

taking actions with regard to duly equipping in 2007-2008 crucial construction sites in strict compliance with supply schedules so as to meet construction launch deadlines.