Working group of specialists working in the sphere of oil refining to be organized at the end of Rustam Minnikhanov’s trip to India
22 March 2012, Thursday
A working group comprised of specialists of Reliance Industries (India) and representatives of several oil-refining enterprises of Tatarstan will be organized in the nearest time.
Such an arrangement has been reached today during the working trip of the Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov to Jamnagar (India, Gujarat).
To the point, the trip was mainly aimed at acquaintance with manufacturing process at one of the modern Indian enterprises – the oil-refining plant Reliance Industries.
Attendees also discussed possible cooperation in petrochemical and oil-refining sectors, in particular, refining of crude oil.
In memory of the visit to the oil-refining complex in Jamnagar Rustam Minnikhanov planted a mango tree in a grove in the “green zone” near the plant.
About one hundred and thousand mango trees grow in the “green zone”, and animals inhabit the area (deers, lynxes, peacocks). It speaks about favorable ecological situation in the vicinity of the plant.
During the trip Rustam Minnikhanov was accompanied by Director of the Department for external relations under RT President – Aide to RT President on international issues Iskander Muflikhanov, Director general of JSC Tatneft Shafagat Takhautdinov, Director general of JSC TAIF Albert Shigabutdinov, First deputy director general of JSC Tatneft Nail Maganov.
On 18 May ay the CIPR conference in Nizhniy Nogorod the Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Roman Shaykhutdinov, the Rector of the Innopolis University Aleksandr Gasnikpov and the Vice-rector of the University Yevgeny Bobrov will take part at round tables session of the conference.
Experts will discuss the role of Tatarstan and Innopolis as one of the key technological centers of the country and how regional innovative platforms help to solve tasks of the whole Russian industry. A special emphasis will be placed on the digital transformation of the oil and gas sector and how large clusters and scientific and technological centers are becoming drivers of industry change.
On 16 May, speaking at a meeting in the Government House of the republic held by the regional Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin with participation of the Rais (Head) of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov and all municipalities taking part in it via videoconference, the Minister of Agriculture and Food of the republic Marat Zyabbarov reported that the sowing of spring crops is in full swing in the republic with 1m 38 thousand hectares or 61 per cent of the planned have been sown.
On May 14, on the sidelines of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Head of the Federal Service for Accreditation Dmitry Volvach signed an agreement on interaction and cooperation in the development of the halal industry.
On May 14, Prime Minister of Tajikistan Kokhir Rasulzoda, who arrived on a working visit in Kazan to take part in the events of the XVII International Economic Forum “Russia-the Islamic World: KazanForum”, was met by Prime Minister of the republic Aleksey Pesoshin and other officials at the Kazan International Airport.