986 (Continued) 
Deputy Director: -- 
Administrative Affiliation: Ministry of Construction, R.S.F.S.R. (1960) 
Selected Staff Members: 
V. I. Krupovich, Chief Engineer 
P. V. Safronov, Chief Engineer 
Description: 
This institute is engaged in the design and manufacture of heavy 
machinery to be used for industry. Welding equipment, heavy presses for 
rolling mills, and other heavy machinery are typical of the work done at this 
institute. 
This institute has branches at Khar'kov, Chelyabinsk, Kuybyshev, 
Leningrad, Moscow, Novosibirsk, and Rostov-on-Don. 
987 
Name: State Scientific-Research and Planning Institute for Off-Shore Oil 
(Gosudarstvennyy nauchno-issledovatel'skiy i proyektnyy institut 
morskoy nefti--Gipromorneft') 
Address: Baku 
Director: -- 
Deputy Director: I. P. Kuliyev, Doctor (1961) 
Administrative Affiliation: -- 
Selected Staff Members: 
S. A. Mekhmandarov 
D. K. Mzareulov, Section Head 
VY. F. Negreyev 
M. S. Trifel', Candidate 
Description: 
Gipromorneft' specializes in the study of geology and petroleum- 
industry equipment for the development of off-shore oil deposits. 
It has a Section of Corrosion which has been studying the corrosion 
and corrosion protection of underground and underwater pipelines. Several 
plastics applied in thick layers have been studied in this connection. The 
problem of deep-water and floating foundations for offshore wells is also 
being studied at the Institute. A Trudy is published. 
