wheel excavators, dump trucks, special converyers, railcars, etc. The developoment of new thermal and power equipment has ·been required for burning this coal In the boilers of the power stations due to the fact that the coal of these basins Is of a low grade and with a high content of ash and water. Beside that, the programs envisage work on energy-technological processing of this coal In order to produce high-caloric sol ld, liquid and gaseous fuel with the simultaneous production of valuable chemicals. Owing to the exhaustion of the oil fields In the European part of the country and the production of high-viscosity· off, the significance Increases of the problem of raising oil recovery by artificial effect on the bed. More than half of the oil remains In the reservoir today. New, efficient thermal, chemical, microbiological and other methods are tested according to the program as wei I as high-efficient equipment for Injecting gas, steam, chemical reagents Into the bed. This wll I make It possible to provide a substantial Increase of oll production In the current five-year period and at least 100 mill Jon tons of oil wll 1 be extracted due to these methods by 1990. Natural gas production Is Increased In the USSR at an accelerated rate, which Is widely used for generating electric power, heat, as well as In metallurgical, chemical and other major technologies. Considering, that the main production of gas Is performed In Western Siberia, the program specially Indicates the solution of the problem of most economic transportation of powerful gas flows to the central and western regions of the country. Equipment has been developed and Its production started for the constrijctlon and operation of gas pipelines of 1420 mm 306 pipes under a pressure of 75 atm. Work Is carried out for 
**Analysis**
The text appears to be focused on the development of natural resources, particularly coal, oil, and gas, in the USSR. It discusses the challenges of extracting these resources, such as the need for new thermal and power equipment, and the efforts being made to increase production through various methods. The text also mentions the development of equipment for transporting gas pipelines, indicating a focus on the infrastructure needed to support the extraction and transportation of these resources.

**Category**
Industry, Natural resources and environment