Gazprom Kyrgyzstan, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Gazprom, is an exclusive importer of natural gas to Kyrgyzstan and the owner of the country’s gas transmission and distribution systems. Bishkekgaz, a branch of Gazprom Kyrgyzstan, is engaged in natural gas distribution and marketing in Bishkek. Under the General Scheme of Gas Supply to and Gasification of the Kyrgyz Republic until 2030 developed by Gazprom, the Company undertakes large-scale efforts to reconstruct and upgrade the gas transmission, underground gas storage and gas distribution facilities based in Kyrgyzstan. In 2007, Gazprom and the Kyrgyz Government signed an Agreement for geological exploration, under which the Company obtained two exploratory licenses for the Kugart and Eastern Mailu-Suu IV areas.