Gazprom to Test Composite Pipes in 2015

Russia’s Gazprom is moving closer to test composite pipes in order to increase efficiency in gas transportation. Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, met Anatoly Chubais, Chairman of the Rusnano Executive Board, to discuss details of their agreement.

“It's a high time to carry out a specific project for composite materials use at our trunklines. For this purpose we are going to choose a gas pipeline section to become a testing ground for determining the capabilities of a composite pipe,” said Miller in a note released on Thursday. 

The two Russian companies agreed to conduct R&D activities before June 2015, which will be the baseline for the following design work on a gas pipeline section chosen by Gazprom.

Rusnano was established in March 2011 through the reorganization of the state-owned Russian Corporation of Nanotechnologies.