Polartest: a polar pipeline research centre

In Moscow, the scientific Technical centre (including VNIIGAS and NorilskGasProm) has facilities available which are capable of undertaking extensive full scale testing under the required harsh conditions of Siberia's gas- and oil-fields. The basic objective of this joint venture with the Nippon Corporation is the development of engineering designs, construction techniques and pipeline materials suitable for Arctic and other remote regions, with particular regard to the possible rise in global atmospheric temperature