OREANDA-NEWS. July 14, 2008. The Gazprom Headquarters hosted a meeting of the Coordinating Committee for Environmental Protection. The meeting was chaired by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Company’s Management Committee, Head of the Coordinating Committee.

Taking part in the meeting were heads and experts of the Gazprom core business units as well as representatives of the Company’s subsidiaries – Gazprom dobycha Orenburg, Gazprom transgaz Ukhta, Gazprom dobycha Yamburg, as well as Gazprom transgaz Stavropol.

The meeting members discussed the Gazprom’s environmental performance in 2007. It was highlighted that the area of lands recultivated by Gazprom over the reporting year accounted for 9.8 thousand ha. In 2007 the amount of industrial wastes decreased by 10.1 thousand t versus 2006. The volume of water utilized for industrial needs in 2007 was reduced by 0.7 mcm compared to 2006.

Aggregate savings of fuel and energy resources derived from the Gazprom Energy Saving Program implementation came to 3.6 mln t of equivalent fuel (versus projected 2.4 mln t of equivalent fuel). At the same time, the saving of natural gas utilized for the Company’s proper needs exceeded 3 bcm in 2007.

At the meeting a special attention was paid to the arrangement of works to implement the Russian Federation President Decree “On certain measures aimed at boosting energy and environmental efficiency of the Russian economy”. Following the discussion results, decisions were taken to improve the corporate regulatory and procedural base with the view to further develop energy saving and environmental technologies.

Top-priority areas needing improvement in the Gazprom environmental management system were addressed and a plan was approved to prepare the Company for the international certification pursuant to the ISO 14001 standard.

The meeting participants discussed an issue concerning the preparation and evaluation of heads and experts of subsidiaries in the area of environmental safety assurance. The participants also approved a list of crucial activities related to the corporate system upgrading for staff environmental training and development in the Gazprom Group.