The merger of Yekaterinburggaz and GAZEKS might get competed as soon as January 2012, so that a single gas-distributing company EGRO will be created as a result, GAZEKS Managing Director and Yekaterinburggaz DG Denis Pasler announced at a press conference in Yekaterinburg.

This year, Sverdlovsk Region’s two main natural gas distributing networks are working under a single technological policy. This was made possible due to IES being allowed to handle the operation management of Yekaterinburggaz since December 2010,’ Pasler explained.