Gazprom: Mozdok – Grozny gas pipeline launched

The Mozdok – Grozny gas pipeline runs in the same corridor as the Stavropol – Grozny gas pipeline. The new gas pipeline with a 720 mm diameter is 101.7 km long. Only pipes of Russian make were used in the course of construction, and crossings were set up on 13 motor roads and six bodies of water, including the Terek River. A state-of-the-art gas distribution station named Grozny with an hourly capacity of 247 000 m³ was created as part of the project.

The new high-efficiency facilities of Gazprom’s gas transmission system will further strengthen the reliability of the Chechen Republic’s energy system, including the Grozny TPP, one of its key components. The facilities will also make it possible to bring gas to more consumers.

Vitaly Markelov and Muslim Khuchiev, Prime Minister of the Chechen Republic, held a joint meeting on cooperation between Gazprom and the Government of the Chechen Republic.

It was noted that Gazprom has been making large-scale efforts for gas supply and gas infrastructure expansion in the region since 2008. By the start of this year, the Company built over 743 km of gas pipelines in the Chechen Republic and created the conditions for connecting 11 800 households to gas.

Currently, the Company and the region are cooperating under a new five-year programme for 2021–2025. A synchronisation plan for gas infrastructure expansion in 2021 is in effect.

The programme is run strictly on schedule. Gazprom has completed the construction of four inter-settlement gas pipelines in the Groznensky District and three in the Shalinsky District. These facilities are now undergoing start-up and commissioning. The Company continues building 13 gas pipelines in the Groznensky, Gudermessky and Shalinsky Districts. Before the end of the year, Gazprom plans to start laying another three gas pipelines in the city of Grozny and in the Achkhoy-Martanovsky and Urus-Martanovsky Districts.

On top of that, the Company is designing five gas pipelines to expand the gas infrastructure for consumers in the Groznensky and Kurchaloyevsky Districts, as well as to bring pipeline gas to seven localities in the Galanchozhsky District – a highland area and the only district in the Chechen Republic that is not yet covered by the gas grid.

The parties also discussed issues related to settling the outstanding consumer debt in the Chechen Republic and measures that are being taken by the regional Government to improve the payment discipline. In addition, attention was paid to safe operation of gas equipment in households and apartments.

Vitaly Markelov and Muslim Khuchiev made a visit to the new office of Gazprom Mezhregiongaz Grozny and met with the company’s staff. The office building, the construction of which was finished in October 2020, is perfectly equipped to provide excellent customer service.

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