Gazprom

Gazprom In Figures

Share of global output of gas: 12%

Number of employees: More than 475,000

Gazprom is one of the largest energy companies in the world. It has over 475,000 employees and is the major player overseeing Russia’s natural gas reserves, the largest proven reserves in the world. Originally an asset of the Soviet and later Russian state, Gazprom is now a public company, with the majority shareholder being the Russian government.

A fully vertically integrated energy company, Gazprom’s major business lines are exploration, production, transportation, storage, hydrocarbon processing and marketing, heat generation and power generation.

Gazprom is primarily known for the supply of gas through its network of gas pipelines. The company has dozens of subsidiaries and major pipelines through which it delivers gas to many export markets.

Gazprom aims to ensure maximally efficient and balanced gas supply in Russia and abroad.

Gazprom News and Interviews

Israel strike on Iran’s giant South Pars gasfield shakes energy markets
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Iran - March 18, 2026

An Israeli strike on Iran’s South Pars gasfield has driven oil and gas prices higher and heightened energy security risks in…

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Hungary’s MOL to acquire majority stake in Serbia’s NIS
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Serbia - January 20, 2026

MOL Group has signed a deal to acquire a 56.15% stake in Serbia’s NIS from Gazprom Neft.

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TotalEnergies to exit South Africa gasfield
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South Africa - July 03, 2024

TotalEnergies has notified South Africa's oil and gas regulator that it plans to exit the 11B/12B offshore gasfield.

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Gazprom takes $1-billion Shell stake in Sakhalin-2 LNG
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Russia - March 26, 2024

Gazprom has acquired a 27.5% stake in the Sakhalin-2 LNG project from Shell for around USD 1 billion.

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Lukoil buys foothold in Russian Arctic
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Russia - August 17, 2015

Russia’s Lukoil has beat out majority state-owned rival Rosneft to win an licence for the East Taimyr oilfield on Russia’s Arctic coast. The publicly held Lukoil,…

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Turkish Stream pipeline cost revealed
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Russia - August 11, 2015

On Monday, Russia’s state-owned oil and gas company Gazprom announced that the cost of construction for the Turkish Stream pipeline was estimated at €11.4 billion,…

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Turkish Stream pipeline talks stall
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Turkey - July 30, 2015

Negotiations between Russia and Turkey on the Turkish Stream pipeline project have been suspended, following disagreement over pricing and permit…

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Gazprom output lowest in post-Soviet era
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Russia - July 29, 2015

Russia’s Gazprom is on track to turn in gas output figures for 2015 that would be the lowest since the company was formed following the dissolution of the Soviet…

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Saipem ousted from Turkish Stream
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Russia - July 09, 2015

Italian oil services contractor Saipem will no longer carry out its $2.7 billion contract to lay the natural gas pipeline under the Black Sea for the Turkish Stream…

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Ukraine halts gas imports from Russia
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Ukraine - July 01, 2015

As of July 1, Ukraine’s Naftogaz is halting gas imports from Russia’s Gazprom.

The Ukrainian state company made the announcement on Tuesday after negotiations in…

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Construction starts on China-Russia spur
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China - June 29, 2015

China has begun construction on a spur to Russia’s Power of Siberia gas pipeline, energy officials from the two countries announced on Monday.

A ceremony was held…

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Gazprom hikes output at Iraq oilfield
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Iraq - June 25, 2015

Gazprom Neft has almost doubled oil production at the Badra oilfield in Iraq, the company announced on Wednesday.

The Russian international and its partners have…

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Total to exit Russia shale, Arctic deals
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Russia - June 25, 2015

Total will withdraw from an agreement with Lukoil to develop challenging oil and gas plays, the Russian company’s CEO has said.

Russian daily Kommersant cited…

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