May 14-16, 2018 in Samara, XIV International Scientific and Practical Conference "State and Prospects for the Application of Protective Coatings in Oil and Gas Equipment and Facilities" was held.

The event was organized by the Russian State University of Oil and Gas. named after I. Gubkin together with Samara ITC, OC "Rosneft" PJSC and the magazine "Area "OIL & GAS". May 16 participants visited two industrial enterprises - "Research and Production Center" Samara" LLC (engineering and expertise tubular goods), and the company" C-P-Es Technology ", specializing in protective sleeves pipeline weld.

Key employees of "Siberian Industrial Group" JSC (hereinafter referred to as "SIG" JSC) and "Izhevsk Isolation Plant" LLC (the enterprise is a member of the holding company "SIG") took an active part in the XIV International scientific-practical conference. Questions were discussed with representatives of the Russian State University of Oil and Gas (NRU)named after I. Gubkin LLC, "LUKOIL-Engineering" branch "PermNIPIneft", OC "Rosneft "- SEC"LLC, LLC "BashNIPIneft" to industry specifications for coatings.

Also, representatives of "SIG" held consultations with representatives of ZAO "3M Russia", "TEHNOKRASKA" LLC, "Akzo Nobel Coatings' KhK" pigment "LLC and other companies on new products in the anti-corrosion materials market.