Today in the Pestretsy District of the Republic of Tatarstan, the Bogorodskoye gas distribution station has started operating with a capacity of 5.25 billion cubic metres of gas a year. The opening ceremony was attended by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Director General of Gazprom Transgaz Kazan Rafkat Kantyukov, as well as representatives of Tatarstan’s ministries and agencies.
An investment project worth over RUB 12 billion started in 2010. Its goal was to remove the main stations from Kazan, completely renew the Minnibaevo-Kazan gas trunk line (commissioned in 1954) and increase its capacity by almost 2.5 times.
Its first reconstruction stage was completed in 2016. At that time, more than 61 kilometres of the main gas pipeline were replaced and the gas metering, pressure reduction, and odorising unit (UZROG) was built. To date, the construction of two more sections of the pipeline, the main gas regulating station, and the Bogorodskoye gas distribution station, one of the largest in Tatarstan, has now been completed.
Russian President Vladimir Putin identified the gas infrastructure development of the regions as a strategically important task. He repeatedly stressed that Gazprom's plans to increase provision of gas supply should be coordinated with regional authorities. And this is how this work was organised in Tatarstan.
Based on information provided by IA Tatar-inform