Company history

The Company history dates back to October 1962 when four production geophysical crews were formed as part of the Moscow geological exploration company Soyuzburgaz Trust of USSR Glavgaz, their purpose was to carry out geophysical survey of boreholes at the Shchelkovskaya, Kaluzhskaya and Pukhovichskaya sites.

60s. Geophysicists before departure to the borehole

60s. Geophysicists before departure to the borehole

In 1969, by the Order of the USSR Ministry of Industry, the production geophysical trust Soyuzgazgeofizika was established on the basis of Moscow geological exploration company and VNIIGAZ field-geophysical companies.

70s. Soyuzgazgeofizika Trust administration at potato harvest

70s. Soyuzgazgeofizika Trust administration at potato harvest

1969. Yuriy Ya. Grubesh. Industry branch veteran, worked for many years at the Orenburg Region and Extreme North fields

1969. Yuriy Ya. Grubesh. Industry branch veteran, worked for many years at the Orenburg Region and Extreme North fields

To support quickly growing exploration volumes of raw hydrocarbon facilities and development of newly discovered and operating fields, a single geophysical service of the USSR Ministry of Gas Industry — Soyuzgazgeofizika.

1980. Kostroma. Meeting on digital data processing

1980. Kostroma. Meeting on digital data processing

1980. Kimry. Central experimental methodical expedition

1980. Kimry. Central experimental methodical expedition


Trust was formed in 80s. Economic and social changes in the life of the country at the end of the 80s, beginning of the 90s meant a new stage in the Company’s development. The association of field-geophysical companies of the gas industry branch Gazpromgeofizika is established on the basis of Soyuzgazgeofizika Trust, with subsequent conversion to an OJSC Gazprom subsidiary company.

1980s. Medvezhye Field. GIS-monitoring crew

1980s. Medvezhye Field. GIS-monitoring crew

Since the late 1990s, Gazpromgeofizika OJSC has been a geophysical company implementing the internal closed cycle: “scientific and research works — experimental and design works — instrument manufacture — geophysical service — interpretation of geological-geophysical data — modelling — engineering services — enhancing oil recovery of productive formations” during search, exploration, development, operation and monitoring of raw hydrocarbon facilities and underground gas reservoirs.
In 2008 Gazprom Georesurs LLC was established on the basis of Gazpromgeofizika OJSC assets and workforce formed over the years.
Gazprom Georesurs LLC works geography

Gazprom Georesurs LLC works geography

Bovanenkovskoe Oil and Gas Condensate Field. Logging on BH 5617

Bovanenkovskoe Oil and Gas Condensate Field. Logging on BH 5617


According to the decision of Gazprom PJSC — the only member of Gazprom Georesurs LLC — No. 176 dated 24.09.2019 Company trade name was changed to Gazprom Nedra LLC.
On October 2, 2019 record of  Limited Liability Company Gazprom Georesurs’s renaming was made in the Uniform State Register of Legal Entities (USRLE). Gazprom Nedra LLC has combined the production potentials of Gazprom Georesurs LLC and Gazprom Geologorazvedka LLC to create a hi-tech Russian service company, primarily in the sphere of geological exploration.