"Gazprom" has refused to draw the general contractor for the "Power of Siberia"

"Gazprom" has decided to change the scheme of work with contractors during the construction of the gas pipeline "The Power of Siberia" and break the project into many small lots, refusing to engage the general contractor, according to the newspaper "Vedomosti" referring to a source close to the company and two of its contractors on Monday, 2 February.

In addition, the United States and adopted by the EU restrictions on Russian companies create financial problems for the latter. For large objects requires large bank guarantees, loans and access to them is closed, said one of the contractors. He recalled that "Gazprom" paid work only after the delivery of objects, which makes it necessary for the company to have a large working capital.According to sources of publication, in the case of "Power of Siberia" usual approach with general contractor creates risks. The parties have explained that this is due to the fact that the main contenders for the construction - "SGM" and JSC "Stroytransgaz" under sanctions. In this regard, the company does not have the right to import the necessary equipment. For example, "SGM" can not buy American equipment manufacturer Caterpillar and American welding systems CRC-Evans, said the newspaper.

Sources publication notes that "Gazprom" has already begun to work with the new scheme of distribution of lots, also reduces their price.December 19, the company announced a tender for the preparation of 585 km of "Power of Siberia" with a starting price of 1.63 billion rubles. A month later, the tender was canceled and 27 January again. In this case, the purchase was divided into three lots, and its total price was reduced more than doubled to 724.6 million rubles.

Earlier "Gazprom" distributed Biggest lots, choosing the main builder to create their projects, the newspaper notes. The key builder of the Southern Gas Corridor, through which gas was supplied to the "South Stream", and now in the "Turkish Stream" vystuaet "SGM"  Arkady Rotenberg . JSC "Stroytransgaz" Gennady Timchenko planned to build for "Gazprom" European site "South Stream", and owned by  Ziyad Manasir and  Ruslan Baysarov "Stroygazkonsalting" was the main builder of pipes for gas supply to the "Nord Stream".