President of Tatarstan holds session of OAO “Tatneftehiminvest-holding” Board of directors

President of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov held a regular session of OAO “Tatneftehiminvest-holding” Board of directors. Several attractive projects offered by research institutions and innovation companies were considered at the session at the RT Government House.

Deputy Director of the Institute of problems of chemical physics of the Russian Academy sciences made report about creation of nanomodified binders and polymeric composite materials.

Rustam Minnikhanov said that prospects of using nanoadditives in polymers seem to be interesting for Tatarstan.

During the session two projects aimed at creation of vapor recovery units for petrol stations were presented to members of the Board.

Specialists say that last year 2.5 of 727 thousand tons of the sold petrol vaporized in Tatarstan. Therefore, vapor recovery and its further use will make a positive impact on the ecology and will be economically sound.

The Tatarstan President supported the idea of producing such units. The cost of equipping one station can make from 1 to 1.7 mln roubles, depending on the project.

Rustam Minnikhanov requested specialists to consider the suggested projects, produce pilot units if necessary, and choose the most suitable variant. President of Tatarstan also asked to work on changes in normative legal acts.