Gazprom set up the Department for Maintenance and Repair to be headed by Alexander Filatov.
The Department will become an integrated center responsible for planning and organizing extensive repairs of Gazprom’s facilities with a view to further improve the efficiency of these processes. The main objectives of the Department are as follows: comprehensively evaluating the technical condition of facilities, optimizing the preparation of design and estimate documents, planning and organizing extensive repairs in accordance with safety and security priorities, implementing a unified technical policy for applied equipment and production technology.
In addition, the Department will deal with relevant competitive acquisitions, monitor the procurement process and control expenditures on extensive repairs.
The Department for Maintenance and Repair is supervised by Vitaly Markelov, Deputy Chairman of Gazprom’s Management Committee.
[mappress] LNG World News Staff, January 31, 2013; Image: Gazprom