"Gazprom" to increase the methane production in Kuzbass.

In 2014, JSC "Gazprom" intends to produce 22 million cubic meters of methane in the Kemerovo region, according to "Kommersant" referring to its informants.

In 2013, the company produced 7.35 million cubic meters of methane from the coal seams in the Kemerovo region. At the end of the year were drilled six new wells that will increase the production in the territory.

"One hundred percent "subsidiary" of "Gazprom" – LLC "Gazprom mining Kuznetsk" - continues to produce methane under trial operations, however, it had already gone to the volume of production that presents it with a matter of choosing the most effective way of gas utilization" - the source stated. - "Currently the business plan is being updated, which as a result will indicate the strategy of working in the supply and customer relations, the production volumes."