Tatneft' : Collective Agreement for 2017 Was Adopted at JSC TANECO

There was a conference of the JSC TANECO's labor force held on January 31, where they summed up the results of the enterprise industrial activities, fulfillment of the Collective Agreement in 2016 and outlined the tasks for 2017.

The event was attended by Nail Maganov, State Council Deputy of the Republic of Tatarstan, General Director of PJSC TATNEFT; Tatyana Vodopiyanova, Chairwoman of the Trade Unions Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan; Rinat Sabirov, Assistant to President of the Republic of Tatarstan; Gumar Yarullin, Chairman of the PJSC TATNEFT's Trade Union Committee, Aidar Metshin, Head of the Nizhnekamsk municipal region.

A report on the outcome of the Company's operations in 2016 was presented to the conference delegates by Vladimir Fedotov, Deputy General Director of JSC TANECO for Economics and Finance. He pointed out that there had been more than 8.7 million tonnes of the petroleum feedstock processed during the reporting period. In general, the refining depth amounted to 84.7 percent with the yield of light petroleum products accounting for 77.7 per cent.

A landmark event in 2016 was the comprehensive testing start-up of the delayed coker equipment. This allowed increasing the petroleum feedstock depth of processing to 99.2 percent, reaching the output of light petroleum products at a level of more than 87% and getting away from fuel oil production.

Comparing the activities of TANECO with other refineries, Vladimir Fedotov emphasized that the Company was in the leading position in the Russian Federation in terms of loading of the primary processing capacity (more than 115.55 per cent). The national average figure is 85.98 percent.

2016 proved to be fruitful for the refiners not only in terms of work, but of the victories gained as well. So, the products of TANECO were distinguished by the results of a number of Russian competitions. In particular, TS-1 jet fuel, isoparaffinic TATNEFT VHVI-4 and HVI-2 base oils and EURO Class diesel fuel were awarded Golden Quality Marks 'All-Russia Mark (IIIrd Millennium). Quality mark of the XXIst Century'. Aviation fuel 'Jet A-1' had been highly praised at the forum of the International Air Transport Association (IATA), held in Prague. Based of the earlier submitted materials and the prior British Petroleum report the IATA Working Group sent an e-mail letter to PJSC TATNEFT confirming the export feasibility of aviation fuel 'Jet A-1'. TATNEFT became the first oil company in Russia, which was granted such a certificate. TS-1 jet fuel became the winner of the contest 'Best goods and services of the Republic of Tatarstan' and '100 best goods of Russia'. Following the Resolution of the Government of the Russian Federation JSC TANECO was awarded the prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in 2016 for achievement of significant results in the area of product and service quality, ensuring their safety, as well as for the introduction of highly effective methods of management. JSC TANECO was the winner of the Republican 'EcoLeader' contest in the nomination 'Oil and petrochemical industry'.

The results of the Collective Agreement fulfillment in 2016 and the draft Collective Agreement for 2017 were presented to the audience by Gulnara Muzipova, Chairwoman of the TANECO's Trade Union Committee. Currently, there are more than three thousand people working at the enterprise. The high level of social protection of the employees was confirmed by the fact that the Collective Agreement of JSC TANECO took second place in the All-Russian competition of Collective Agreements arranged by the Trade Union of Workers of the Oil, Gas and Construction Industries.

The targets for 2017 were outlined to the participants of the conference by Leonid Alekhin, General Director of JSC TANECO. Among the priorities he mentioned ensuring industrial and environmental safety of production, processing of the petroleum feedstock materials in accordance with the approved plans in terms of the volume, conversion depth and output of light oil products, comprehensive testing completion of the delayed coker and naphtha splitter, quality and timely performance of capital repairs. Completion of construction and installation work will be followed by comprehensive testing of such facilities as naphtha, kerosene and diesel fuel hydrotreaters. According to General Director of JSC TANECO, a landmark event in 2017 should be the production of the first batches of the environmental class Euro-5 motor gasolines Regular-92 and Premium 95 resulting from commissioning the catalytic reforming and isomerization units and related common facilities.

The activities of the refiners were highly commended in the reports of Tatyana Vodopiyanova, Chairwoman of the Trade Unions Federation of the Republic of Tatarstan, Rinat Sabirov, Assistant to President of the Republic of Tatarstan, and Aidar Metshin, Head of the Nizhnekamsk municipal region.

Nail Maganov, speaking to the audience, called refining the most important point of the TATNEFT Company's growth. He emphasized that 2017 would be a particularly busy year for TANECO. We shall have to start running six major production units. In addition, the mobilization of all resources will require a major overhaul, scheduled for April-May of the current year. General Director of TATNEFT expressed confidence that the professional team of refiners would cope with all tasks faced and thanked all the workers, specialists and managers of JSC TANECO for the work done.

The Conference delegates adopted the Collective Agreement of TANECO for 2017.