Are there enough resources to make a new turn in the domestic gas industry towards the East?

This article presents the results of the analysis of the economic situation in the domestic gas industry, including the activities of the flagship of the country’s fuel and energy complex, the Public Joint Stock Company Gazprom Group of Companies, in terms of the sufficiency of financial resources for the implementation of the national programme of social gasification/pre-gasification of Russian territories. Problems of reorientation of gas raw material exports to the East, issues of creating a liquefied natural gas complex, fleet of icebreakers for transportation of LNG to old and new areas and sales points are considered. A separate research issue is the difficulties of implementing the state target programme of social gasification and pre-gasification of Russian territories. The purpose of this subject study is a comprehensive economic assessment of the implementation of state programmes for regional development based on the use of hydrocarbon raw materials, including the social gasification/pre-gasification programme in the constituent entities of the Russian Federation. The results of the research carried out by the authors of the article are limited to the analysis of non-public departmental information on the problems identified in the gas industry. The methods of comparative activity studies and economic statistics were used as research tools. The conceptual approaches involved are discussed. The article concludes with three tentative conclusions.