Intl oil and gas research center to be set up in Sakhalin
YUZHNO-SAKHALINSK. June 5 (Interfax) - The general concept of an international oil and gas research center is expected to be drawn up before August 2012, the Sakhalin regional administration has reported.
"This center will test advanced know-how for oil and gas, construction and transport projects, create geo-information systems, train personnel and do the expert analysis of specialized projects. A technological institute being set up at the Sakhalin State University will provide ideas for the international research center, it said.
"The international oil and gas center, as we see it, will be a launching ground for applied science projects. A research institute already established with a partially formed base will be the best venue for accommodating it," said the regional investment and foreign relations minister, Yekaterina Kotova.