中国石油天然气管道勘察设计院的前身是东北八三工程设计研究所,该所成立于1971年。1971年至1974年末,该所完成了大庆油田至辽宁7座炼油厂及大连与秦皇岛油港之间原油长输管道网(管道总长2300km,其中φ720mm管道干线1995km)的勘察设计任务。1975年6月,按当时石油工业部的文件要求,东北八三工程设计研究所成建制全部 China National Petroleum Pipeline Survey and Design Institute, formerly known as the Northeast 83 Engineering Design Institute, the Institute was established in 1971. From 1971 to the end of 1974, the institute completed the survey and design of the long-distance crude oil pipeline network between Daqing Oilfield and seven oil refineries in Liaoning Province and between Dalian and Qinhuangdao Oil Port (total length of 2,300 km, of which, the φ720 mm mainline was 1995 km). In June 1975, according to the document of the Ministry of Petroleum Industry at that time, all the construction of Northeast 83 Engineering Institute was completed