Gazprom to invest 700 mln rubles in gasification in Leningrad Region in 2013
ST. PETERSBURG. Dec 24 (Interfax) - Russian gas giant OJSC Gazprom plans to invest 700 million rubles in the gasification of the Leningrad Region in 2013, the company's deputy CEO Valery Golubev told journalists on Monday.
The region's authorities requested that Gazprom invest 1.9 billion rubles in gasification efforts but the company considered these investments to be premature. "We are ready to look at this amount of investment if preparations are made for receiving gas," Golubev said, adding that consumers in several districts in the Leningrad Region do not have the option of using gas owing to the lack of necessary infrastructure.
Sources in the region's administration earlier were quoted as saying that financing for gasification in the region in 2012-2015 should come to 31.5 billion rubles, including 15.5 billion rubles from Gazprom, and 16 billion rubles from the region.
The region's rate of gasification comes to 58.6% and has been increasing by 1.5 of a percentage point every year.
