The delegation of Turkmenistan, authorized by the President of the country, visited the Republic of Tatarstan of the Russian Federation on September 22-24. Within the framework of the working trip, members of the delegation got acquainted with the research activities and the educational base of the Institute of Geology and Oil and Gas Technologies of the Kazan Federal University. During the meetings, special attention was paid to such topics as the introduction into practice advanced technologies and modern scientific and technical developments in the field of geological prospecting and drilling, automation, telemechanization and centralization of production processes in the oil and gas industry.