In 2012, Gazprom’s capital investments into innovational projects made up 30 billion rubles

In 2012, the capital investments of the Gazprom Group into the implementation of gas, oil and energy projects with innovative technologies made up over 30 billion rubles, the Russian gas holding company reports.

The Gazprom’s Board approved the account-2012 about the implementation of the Gazprom Group’s innovation-driven growth program through until 2020. It was noted at the meeting that the program was implemented very efficiently in 2012. This shows key (KPI) and additional (PI) rates, on which the program is based. Particularly, operating costs in their projects decreased by 1.28% due to use of innovative technologies. The specific consumption of energy resources for its own needs decreased by 4.85% and the specific emissions of the greenhouse gas emissions in CO2 equivalent by 4.1%.