Mission

The Russian Gas Society is a nonprofit partnership of oil and gas industry companies (established in May 2001). Key Russian gas producers, gas-transport companies, regional gas-distribution and sales organizations, research institutes, metallurgical, construction, and chemical companies are among the members of the Russian Gas Society (RGS). The RGS members produce more than 97% of Russian gas.

Vigorous efforts are carried on to set up and arrange the activity of Partnership representative offices in Ural (Ekaterinburg), Siberian and Far-East regions (Novosibirsk), and also in Yamalo-Nenetskiy Autonomous District (Nadym town). The Russian Gas Society ensures effective co-operation of the gas community members with legislative and executive authorities and international organizations.

In the framework of its activities, the Russian Gas Society contributes to:

- building a consolidated attitude of the gas business community to the key issues of national gas industry operation;

- effective co-operation of the gas market participants with legislative and executive authorities and international organizations;

- protection of the RGS members in build-up and pursuance of domestic and foreign policy of the State in the energy domain;

- development of business and professional activity regulations and standards in the gas industry and technical procedures;

- forming public opinion and initiating adoption of governmental decrees on various aspects of gas sector reformation and gas market establishment;

- development of self-righting elements in the gas industry;

- implementation of scientific-and-technological advance achievements, energy-saving technologies, efficient use of natural gas resources (low-pressure, flare gas) in the gas industry.

The Russian Gas Society is an associated member of the International Gas Union (IGU) and European Gas Industry Union (Eurogas).

The RGS representatives partake in IGU work and program committees activities. The Russian Gas Society and Eurogas hold joint conferences and meetings of working teams; communicate information related to economic, legislative and regulatory and legal spheres in the gas industry.

Tasks of the Russian Gas Society:

- To ensure strategic development of the Single Gas Supply System;

- To reform gas industry and liberalize stock market;

- Te take into account peculiarities of operative control over gas supply and regulation of gas supply conditions;

- To develop regional and federal programs on further gas supply to subjects of the Russian Federation and first of all to subjects of the municipal and communal sector; to introduce real economic incentives to build new networks of low pressure gas pipelines;

- To monitor fulfillment of suppliers` and consumers` obligations;

- To involve institutions of local government into the work of gas supply organization;

- To regulate relations between gas suppliers.

Russian Gas Society tries to form in the industry an intellectual center with the participation of a wide scope of heads of enterprises and organizations involved in exploration, production, processing, transportation and supplies of natural gas, leaders of specialized ministries, state agencies, scientific, research, project, financial and other institutes, experts and analysts.