Administration of Gubkinsky Town

Gubkinsky is one of the centres of the oil and gas industry of Russia closely connected with the industrial development of the northernmost oil and gas deposits in Western Siberia, which contain, according to scientistsТ estimates, over 620 million tons of oil and 786 billion cubic metres of natural gas. Gubkinsky is the first town in the country whose status has been determined by the authorities of the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, not the federal ones. There are 245 enterprises of various forms, types and industries registered in the town. The biggest of them are JSC УRosneft-PurneftegazФ of the Oil Company УRosneftФ, JSC УPurgazФ. They extract about 9 million tons of oil, 2.4 billion cubic metres of casing-head and 13 billion cubic metres of natural gas a year and are the main УdonorsФ to the townТs treasury. This enables the Gubkinsky Administration to implement major investment projects and improve the life of town dwellers. All 19,500 inhabitants of Gubkinsky live in houses with central heating, hot water and sewage. Eighty per cent of their flats have telephones. In the contest УTown with the Best Amenities in RussiaФ Gubkinsky won first place in the Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area. Its administration devotes much attention to the health service, rest and recreation, the cultural and social spheres and the mass media. At present it works out, jointly with scientists, a comprehensive programme of the socio-economic development of the town up to the year 2010.

ADMINISTRATION OF GUBKINSKY TOWN OF YAMAL-NENETS AUTONOMOUS AREA. 2,7th microdistrict, Gubkinsky 629830, Yamal-Nenets Autonomous Area, Tyumen Region, Russia. Tel.: (34536) 5-1450. Fax: (34536) 3-1416

E-mail: cants1@adm.purpe.ru