As a reference, the design department was established in the year 2012. A part of the functionality of the former department of strategic development was handed over to the design department then.
Within the framework of optimization, the staff of the unified department could be reduced down to around 400 people. Currently, there are 600 people employed in these two departments.
PJSC Gazprom was founded in 1989, the corporation is engaged in extraction, production, transport, and sale of natural gas.