OREANDA-NEWS. August 13, 2012. The Company’s anthem contest has finished. Among the contestants there were not only Surgut dwellers, but also those living in other parts of Russia, neighboring countries and abroad. Thus, songs about Surgutneftegas were composed in Belorussia, Kazakhstan and Israel. All in all, the contest judges listened to ninety two music pieces written to become the Company’s anthem.

As they noted, it was very difficult to honor the best song with such variety of compositions presented to them. Therefore, the contest committee made a decision to choose eight music pieces which will be improved and used for corporate events.

The authors of the compositions are Sergei Zhgelsky, Sergei Isaev and Elena Lunina, Elena Plotnikova, Vitaliy Kabaev, Maksim Makaridin, Artem Khoroshansky, Aleksei Andriyanov and Vladimir Merkushin. All of them will be awarded with encouragement prizes.