OPEN JOINT STOCK COMPANY "INSTITUTE YUZHNIIGIPROGAZ" is a design and engineering survey institute fulfiling a complete complex of design works for new and reconstructed gas industry facilities designed for natural gas and its components production, storage, processing, main pipeline transport and distribution in Russia, Ukraine, other CIS and foreign countries. It is situated in a big industrial center of Ukraine in the city of Donetsk. It was established in December 1933 and first it developed the projects of natural gas supply of settlements and industrial facilities of Donbass and other regions of the former USSR. In the sixties and nineties of the past century during the period of the USSR gas industry rapid development the company grew into a big scientific, research, design and engineering survey institute.

The most prominent gas industry facilities, constructed by the projects of the institute, acting as the general designer, are as follows:

• Construction of the major gas and gas-condensate fields in the West Siberia (Medvezhye, Yamburg, Yamsoveisky, Vyngapurovsky, Yuzhno-Russky), Kazakhstan (Karachaganak), Irkutsk region (Kovykta);
• Orenburg and Astrakhan gas complexes;
• Multi-line gas transmission systems for gas transportation from the northern parts of Tyumen region to the central regions of Russia and the western frontier of the former Soviet Union. The total length of main gas pipelines is about 50 thousand km with over 300 compressor stations, including the well-known main gas pipeline .Urengoy-Pomary-Uzhgorod.
• Construction of large gas and gas-condensate fields in the Eastern part of Ukraine (Krestischensky, Mashevsky, Lannovsky, Yefremovsky, Novo-Troitsky and others, over 30 fields in all).

For successful designing of the major gas field development and main gas pipeline projects, OJSC .YUZHNIIGIPROGAZ. was awarded the Order of Labour Red Banner (Decree of Presidium of the Supreme Soviet /USSR/ dated December 2, 1983). The Institute also received some other awards.

Besides, medals and orders were awarded to more than 230 engineers of the Institute, its 5 employees became the laureates of the State Prize /USSR/ and 5 employees became the laureates of the Prize instituted by the Council of Ministers /USSR/.

Several employees representing OJSC .YUZHNIIGIPROGAZ. were awarded the Honorary Signs (I, II, III degree) and Diplomas /6 employees/. The awards were presented by .Neftegaz of Ukraine. National Joint-Stock Company in 2004 in view of long-term and creative work and significant contribution to gas industry development in Ukraine.