Gas supplied at Innopolis construction site

On August 21 Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov, Director General of OOO “Gasprom Transgas Kazan” Rafkat Kantyukov took part in the ceremony of putting the first section of gas distribution pipeline into operation at new IT city “Innopolis”.

To the point, the length of the first section is 3.3 km. The construction cost made 63.1 mln roubles. By and large, it is planned to build 4 sections of gas pipeline with a length of 9 km.

Rustam Minnikhav thanked Director General of OOO “Gasprom transgas Kazan” Rafkat Kantyukov for his work and Board Chairman of OAO “Gasprom” Aleksey Miller for his support.

Russian Minister of Communications and Mass Media Nikolay Nikiforov noted high rates of construction works at Innopolis site. Nikolay Nikiforov thanked gas workers for their work. “We are sure that everything will be done in time,” the Minister continued.

Director General of OOO “Gasprom Transgas Kazan” Rafkat Kantyukov said that the capacity of the gas distribution pipeline would be enough for supplying gas to all Innopolis objects within next two years. The construction of the main pipeline must be finished in 2015.

At the end of the ceremony, Rustam Minnikhanov, Nikolay Nikiforov and Rifkat Kantyukov lighted a symbolic gas torch to mark commissioning of a new gas pipeline.