Zakharov to Lead Gazprom Dobycha Krasnodar

Andrey Zakharov will take over leadership at Gazprom Dobycha Krasnodar.  Earlier he was elected Director General of the company. 

He was born in 1963 in the Volgograd Region.

In 1985 he graduated from Millionshchikov Grozny State Petroleum Institute, majoring in Technology and Integrated Mechanization of Oil and Gas Fields. He has been employed at the Gazprom Group for 28 years.

Between 1985 and 1990 he served in various position firstly as oil and gas production operator, then oil and gas production foreman, then he rose up to become the Chief Engineer at R&D shop, engineer at gas and condensate production shop. He headed the laboratory for well stimulation and completion at the Vuktyl Gas Production Center, the Severgazprom Production Association.

From 1992 and 1999 he was the Lead Engineer, head of gas and condensate production site at the Vuktyl Gas Production Center, the Severgazprom Production Association.

Between 1999 and 2008 he served as a geologist, then a Lead Engineer for oil and gas production, Head of the Division for Gas, Condensate and Oil Production and Treatment, Kubangazprom.

Later on from 2008 to 2009 he was appointed Acting Deputy Director General for Production, Gazprom Dobycha Krasnodar.

Between 2010 and 2013 he headed the Division for Gas, Condensate and Oil Production and Treatment, Gazprom Dobycha Krasnodar.

Between 2013 and 2015 he was a Deputy Director General for Prospective Development, Gazprom Dobycha Krasnodar.

Alexander Koryakin, former head of Gazprom Dobycha Krasnodar, has been appointed Director General of Gazprom Dobycha Urengoy.