Gazprom commissioned the Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi gas pipeline Monday.
Sochi hosted the celebrations devoted to this event participated by Vladimir Putin, Prime Minister of the Russian Federation , Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, representatives of construction and contracting companies, and public organizations.
“ Gazprom was tasked to ensure energy supply to the Olympic venues and rapidly growing infrastructure of the Black Sea coast. At the same time, it was critically important to keep the ecosystem intact in the coastal area where millions of tourists go on holiday every year.
Gazprom has successfully accomplished this task. A unique facility of the Unified Gas Supply System was constructed, Dzhubga – Lazarevskoye – Sochi, the first submerged gas pipeline in Russia.
The gas pipeline will allow actively developing the gasification of Sochi and the Tuapse District of the Krasnodar Krai, increasing the living standards of the population and giving a powerful impetus to the resort business development, particularly enabling transition of the Black Sea health resorts to year-round operation.
The Adler CHPS will be among gas consumers satisfying over one-third of the forecasted peak demand during the Olympic Games ,” Alexey Miller said in his speech to the audience.
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Source: Gazprom, June 7, 2011;