Scientific-Research Institute of Natural Gases and Gas Technologies (VNIIGAZ) is a major research center in natural gas industry of Russia. The Institute performs research and development in the following areas:

Substantiation of the hydrocarbon resource base;
Geology and field exploration;
Development and construction of surface facilities for gas fields;
Gas transportation and underground storage;
Processing of gas and gas condensate;
Well construction and workover;
Gas transmission;
Reliability and integrity of gas pipelines;
Environmental protection and rational nature management;
Mathematical simulation and computer technologies.

During the past decade VNIIGAZ has developed over 470 engineering developments protected by patents and author\'s certificates. They are used by Public Joint-Stock Company GAZPROM and leading oil&gas companies of the Russian Federation, and these developments and ready products may be of certain interest to oil&gas producing, engineering and service companies around the world. Among the Institute\'s developments are the technologies for gas dehydration, production of ethane, sulfur and helium of high purity, design options for reliability and integrity of gas pipelines, trouble-free cathodic protection equipment, effective materials and corrosion-preventive means, vibration monitoring systems with automatic analysis of vibration spectrum, alternative technologies for capital repair, and rehabilitation of gas pipelines also technologies and technical means for using natural gas as motor fuel, technological projects of underground gas storages in Russia, CIS countries and Eastern Europe.
VNIIGAZ was established in 1948 to serve as a research and development center for fast developing gas industry. Having started from several laboratories, the Institute during the past years has become a large scientific center. The Institute today employs over 1400 highly skilled specialists including 300 Doctors and Candidates of Sciences. During its history the Institute has participated in virtually all major projects of Russian gas industry and in many remarkable natural gas projects abroad.

Today the Institute represents Russia in various international organizations involved in the problems of fuel and energy complex.

The efficient activities of VNIIGAZ would not be possible without steadfast support from Public Joint-Stock Company GAZPROM: it is with GAZPROM\'s assistance that the technological upgrade of the research divisions is carried out, and state-of-the-art equipment, instruments, computers, software, etc. are acquired.

We are open to a mutually beneficial cooperation with companies, wishing to have our Institute as a reliable, professional, experienced and reputable Russian partner both for domestic and international projects