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Gas Price and Pricing Zones in the Gazprom Service Area in Russia

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map of administrative regions)}

^{P1 - Consumers of Altay region
that are supplied by the Barnaul-Biisk-GornoAltaysk pipeline.}

^{P2 - Consumers of Arkhangelsk
region that are supplied by the Nyuksenitsa-Arkhangelsk pipeline (section 147th
km – Mirnyi).}

Table 1. Regulated Price of Gas in the Service Area of Gazprom in 2007, per 1000 cub m, Net of VAT (*)

	1	2	3	4	4A	5	6	7	8	9	10	10A	11	P1	P2
RUR per 1000 cub m
Residential	779	835	913	986	958	992	1,001	1,015	1,030	1,043	1,058	1,196	1,058	1,427	1,836
Non-residential	779	937	1,104	1,242	1,198	1,270	1,306	1,320	1,382	1,427	1,477	1,673	1,489	1,673	2,360
USD 1.00 = RUR 24.46
Residential	32	34	37	40	39	41	41	41	42	43	43	49	43	58	75
Non-residential	32	38	45	51	49	52	53	54	56	58	60	68	61	68	96
EUR 1.00 = RUR 35.91
Residential	22	23	25	27	27	28	28	28	29	29	29	33	29	40	51
Non-residential	22	26	31	35	33	35	36	37	38	40	41	47	41	47	66
Maximum non-residential price
RUR per 1000 cub m	1,246	1,500	1,766	1,987	1,916	2,032	2,090	2,112	2,211	2,284	2,363	2,677	2,383	2,677	3,776
USD per 1000 cub m	51	61	72	81	78	83	85	86	90	93	97	109	97	109	154
EUR per 1000 cub m	35	42	49	55	53	57	58	59	62	64	66	75	66	75	105

(*) Regulated price paid by local distribution companies and major consumers that buy gas from Gazprom and its affiliates (net of VAT, VAT = 18%).

Notes: Federal Tariff Service does not regulate gas price in other regions of Russia. Maximum price can be applied to new consumers and consumers buying gas above the volumes contracted for 2007.

Sources: RF Federal Tariff Service Order No 338-e/1 of December 5, 2006; RF Federal Tariff Service Order No 158-e of July 6, 2007.

Table 2. Regulated Price of Gas in the Service Area of Gazprom in 2008, per 1000 cub m, Net of VAT

	1	2	3	4	4A	5	6	7	8	9	10	10A	11	P1	P2
RUR per 1000 cub m
Residential	973	1,044	1,141	1,232	1,197	1,241	1,251	1,269	1,288	1,304	1,323	1,495	1,323	1,784	2,111
Non-residential	973	1,172	1,380	1,553	1,497	1,587	1,633	1,650	1,727	1,784	1,846	2,091	1,862	2,091	2,596
USD 1.00 = RUR 24.46
Residential	40	43	47	50	49	51	51	52	53	53	54	61	54	73	86
Non-residential	40	48	56	63	61	65	67	67	71	73	75	85	76	85	106
EUR 1.00 = RUR 35.91
Residential	27	29	32	34	33	35	35	35	36	36	37	42	37	50	59
Non-residential	27	33	38	43	42	44	45	46	48	50	51	58	52	58	72
Maximum
non-residential price
RUR per 1000 cub m	1,460	1,758	2,070	2,330	2,246	2,381	2,450	2,475	2,591	2,676	2,769	3,137	2,793	3,137	3,894
USD per 1000 cub m	60	72	85	95	92	97	100	101	106	109	113	128	114	128	159
EUR per 1000 cub m	41	49	58	65	63	66	68	69	72	75	77	87	78	87	108

Source: RF Federal Tariff Service Order No 403-e/1 of December 4, 2007.

Notes: All prices are increased by 25%, except for Zone P2 (Arkhangelsk region), where the residential price is up 15% and non-residential 10%. The FTS document lists 67 price zone - one per administrative region. However, there are 15 different price groups, same as in 2007.

All Dollar and Euro prices are given at the exchange rate of November 16, 2007.

Administrative Regions of the Russian Federation (Service Area of Gazprom)

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^{Note: Komi-Permjakija now is a part of Perm
region.}

Source of map of administrative regions: http://www.world-gazetteer.de/s/s_ru.htm

Gas Price and Pricing Zones in the Gazprom Service Area in Russia

Administrative Regions of the Russian Federation (Service Area of Gazprom)

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