Peculiarities of terms translation in oil and gas industry (from English into Russian)

The article is devoted to researching of English technical compound terms translation into Russian language. Terms were selected from scientific and technical texts using in oil and gas industry. The problem statement is an increasing number of new terms in this field of knowledge. After analyzing the material collected, we identified the main methods of translation English compound terms of oil and gas sphere into Russian. As a result of the study, we attempted to expand the existing classification of A. Y. Kovalenko, 2003.