The development of a project for the construction or reconstruction of an overhead contact line system is a long, laborious and painstaking creative process that requires the coordinated work of a large number of specialists at various stages. To date, there are a number of software developments that use modern information technologies to facilitate the design process of the overhead con-tact line system. Each of these developments has its own characteristics, advantages and disadvantages, history of appearance and prospects for further development.

In connection with the accumulation of new geological and geophysical materials on the geological structure and oil and gas content of the Tatar Strait, the forecast of oil and gas content of the Cenozoic sediments of sedimentary basins in the region was made using the technology of basin modeling. The created model of generation, migration and accumulation of hydrocarbons made it possible to identify zones of possible oil and gas accumulation.