Gazprom Promgaz Research Institute of Natural Gas VNIIGAZ, ). They added the research of coalbed methane, development of small hydrocarbon fields and planning of natural gas supply as new business fields of the company. One of the main operations became the schemes for gas supply of many regions of Russia. In 2008, Promgaz was renamed to OJSC Gazprom Promgaz. In February 2013, professor Yury Spector became CEO. In 2014, the company projected the general scheme for gas supply of Kyrgyzstan. In 2015, Oleg Andreyev became CEO. OJSC Gazprom Promgaz was renamed to JSC Gazprom Promgaz (). The company projected the general schemes
Gazprom that if supplies were cut, it would deny Gazprom access to its pipelines, which would impair gas transportation to Europe. However, on 1 January 2007, just a few hours before the deadline, Belarus and Gazprom signed a last-minute agreement. Under the agreement, Belarus undertook to pay $100 per 1,000 cubic metre in 2007. The agreement also allowed Gazprom to purchase 50 percent of the shares in Beltransgaz, the Belarusian pipeline network. Immediately following the signing of this agreement, Belarus declared a $42/ton transportation tax on Russian oil travelling through the Gazprom pipelines crossing its territory. On 13 March 2008, after