Export of engineering services - the view of a practitioner who worked at PJSC "Gazprom"

05.08.2020       

The head of the Russian Chamber of Engineering, Igor Meshcherin, spoke on the TEK-TV channel, where he spoke about the difference between Soviet and Russian engineering education, about the difficulties that Russians experience when working with foreign customers. The conversation touched on various aspects of the important problem — from the collapse of the Soviet standardization system to the loss of the Russian technical language. Serious competitors to Russians — specialists from India, where the whole country speaks English. Igor Viktorovich illustrates his speeches with practical examples from his work experience at PJSC Gazprom. At the end, proposals were made by the Russian Engineering Chamber to assist domestic engineers in entering foreign markets. Meshcherin Igor Viktorovich worked at the Giprospetsgaz Institute, then led the departmental expertise of Gazprom projects, then worked as Deputy Head of the Strategic Development Department — Head of the Department of Design and Survey Works of Gazprom. In addition, he worked in the United States for a year, where he gained useful experience. Igor Meshcherin participated in the following projects: Gas pipeline "Blue Stream", Gas pipeline "Yamal-Europe" (section Torzhok-Bialystok), South Pars gas field (Iran), Zapolyarnoye gas field, Development of the Shtokman field, production and supply of liquefied gas and others.