Day of workers of the chemical and petrochemical industry in Nizhnekamsk
Today in Nizhnekamsk at the Taneco oil refining complex a solemn ceremony was held for the commissioning of catalytic cracking units, hydrogen and oil production. The event was attended by the head of the Investment Development Agency of the Republic of Tatarstan Taliya Minullina.
The total investment in three new production facilities exceeded RUB 31 billion. During the construction of new units, TATNEFT provided orders for factories in almost twenty cities of Russia - Kazan, Bugulma, St. Petersburg, Ufa, Izhevsk, Volgograd, Yekaterinburg, Taganrog, etc. The equipment used is 95% of domestic production.
Since 2010, 21 units have been commissioned at Taneco, the design capacity of the oil refining complex is more than 15 million tons per year.
Also, as part of the celebration of the Day of the Chemist in the Republic of Tatarstan, PJSC "Nizhnekamskneftekhim" held a ceremonial opening of production for the production of new types of products - solution styrene-butadiene synthetic rubber (DSSK) with a capacity of 60 thousand per year and styrene-butadiene-styrene thermoplastic elastomers (TEP). Head of the Investment Development Agency of Tatarstan Taliya Minullina, as part of the members of the Government of the Republic of Tatarstan, examined the exhibition of the leading chemical enterprises of the republic.
The guests were shown the production site of the new DSSK production facility, which is a strategic project of the company. Its construction began in 2019. The active phase of the project's implementation fell on the time of the introduction of strict restrictive measures related to the coronavirus pandemic. However, all construction work was completed in full.
During the construction of the new production, the most modern technologies were used that meet international industrial and environmental safety standards.