OREANDA-NEWS. September 21, 2011. Sevmash participated in international exhibition and conference on development of oil- and gas resources of Russian Arctic and continental Offshore of countries of  CIS (RAO/CIS Offshore 2011) .

In every two years specialists of national and foreign oil- and gas companies, representatives of power bodies, leading scientists discuss important aspects of development of natural resources of Arctic and continental offshore in the northern capital.

This exhibition and conference were the tenth. Great attention was paid to constructions for development and service in conditions of Northern fields. President of  SRC "Kurchatovsky Institute" Evgeny Velikhov said in the ceremony of opening: "When I began to research development of oil and gas fields, it was necessary to  unite machine-building, including Sevmash, with our oil- and gas companies, first of all, Gasprom. Recently this idea was realized, and the platform "Prirazlomnaya" was created and arranged at the sea. We were always ready to collaboration and searched partners for a long time. Arctic is potentially attractive for investors, specialists of oil- and gas industry and machine-builders".

Plenary meeting was opened by Director of Insitute of oil and gas of RAS academicians Anatoly Dmitrievsky and Evgeny Velikhov, Deputy of Director of state policy and regulation in sphere of geology and using of  subsoils Department Dariya Vasilevskaya.  Deputy of Chief designer of Sevmash Vasily Kuzmin reported about  final stages of building of the OIFP "Prirazlomnaya", technology of transporting to Murmansk for outfitting and ballasting and arranging at the Pechora sea.

Sevmash received the diploma for currency of information, representatived in exhibition, gratitude letter for long collaboration and active participation, which was signed by President of  SRC "Kurchatovsky Institute" academician Evgeny Velikhov, Minister of natural resources and ecology of the RF Yury Trutnev, Head of Administration of JSC "Gasprom" Alexey Miller, Vice- president of RAS academician Nikolay Laverov, First Deputy of  Head of fraction "United Russia" in State Duma Artur Chilingarov, Head of Scientific Council of RAS on geology and development of oil- and gas fields Alexey Kontorovich.

For many years RAO/CIS Offshore 2011 became forum for discussion, changes of views of specialists and announcing of technological novelties in oil- and gas sphere.