OREANDA-NEWS. April 12, 2012. Russian Prime Minister Vladimir Putin signed a decree "On Awarding Prizes of the Russian Government in 2011 in the Field of Science and Technology".

The OJSC Gazprom promgaz Winners of the Prize for the development of the methodology and strategy of the regional energy programs and implementation thereof in the territory of the Russian Federation are:

Aleksandr Miroslavovich Karasevich - General Director, Doctor of Engineering, Professor;

Georgy Georgievich Lachkov – Head of Department, PhD in Technical Sciences;

Elena Viktorovna Sennova – Head of the Committee for Principal Research Supervisors, Doctor of Engineering;

Andrei Vitalievich Fedyaev – Head of Laboratory, Doctor of Engineering.

OJSC Gazprom promgaz is a major scientific centre of OJSC Gazprom in the field of regional energy policy justification, provision of gas supply, gas distribution and utilization, energy efficiency and energy saving, pricing in construction of gas industry facilities, integrated development of small fields of hydrocarbon raw materials and non-conventional resources including coal-bed methane.

OJSC Gazprom promgaz is the major project center of the Program for Gasification of the Russian Federation Regions implemented by OJSC Gazprom and Administrations of the Russian Federation constituent entities.

The Russian Federation Government Prize for Science and Technology was established by the Russian Federation Government on 26 July 1994 and has been annually awarded to scientists and specialists for the following achievements:

a) Research, development and engineering activities concluded in creation and wide application of breakthrough technologies, machines, devices, equipment, materials and substances in production;

b) Practical implementation of inventions that open new technical and technological directions;

c) Research and development works applied in the field of exploration, extraction and processing of mineral resources;

d) Highly efficient research and technology activities implemented in practice in the field of production, processing and storage of agricultural products;

e) High results in studies, development and practical implementation of new methods and techniques in healthcare and health service;

f) Research, design and engineering and technological achievements in the field of construction, architecture, and housing and utilities sector;

g) Works contributing to solution of ecological and environmental protection issues;

h) Research and development works facilitating improvement of efficiency of the real sector of economy;

i) Research and technology studies and activities for the benefit of defense and security of the country which results are used for creation of new military hardware and special purpose equipment.