New technologies presented to Tatarstan oil industry and road workers
1 October 2013, Tuesday
On October 1 at a Board session of Tatneftekhiminvest-holding chaired by Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov new oil production technologies and solutions of Ecolab Inc. and its subsidiaries Nalco Champion, TIORCO were presented.
In particular, participants of the session discussed extraction of bituminous oil by applying steam, viscosity breaking, transportation and refining.
TIRCO company presented applied chemical pressure maintenance methods, and the laboratory of organometallic catalysis of the Chemistry Faculty of Moscow State University presented perspective solutions in the sphere of hydrocarbon materials processing.
OAO TAIF-NK presented the directed bitumen modification technology for road construction.
«PETRO-CHEM PMB TECHNOLOGIES LTD» company produced the sample of cementive agent at Moscow laboratory. Production of this material that will guarantee high quality of roads for 10 years is to be launched in Tatarstan. Authors of the technology eliminate the risk of tracing ruts and cracks on the road surface, and say any banning of traffic for freight transport will not be necessary even in times of abnormal hot weather.
On 12 April in his address to residents of the republic, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin congratulated them with the Space Exploration Day and said: “April 12, 1961 has forever been inscribed into the world history as the day of triumph of the Soviet science and engineering thought. The flight of Yuriy Gagarin opened the way to the stars for the humankind and demonstrated to the whole world the might of our country.
On 4 April , speaking at a closing ceremony of the XX Russian Venture Forum held at the Kazan Expo Exhibition Center, Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin said that the Russian Venture Forum has confirmed its status of the point of attraction of technological development leaders.
The Forum created a unified scientific, technological and investment space where scientific ideas are transformed into competitive products, and startups gain access to capital and markets. Its business programme is organically integrated into the regional and federal agenda for achieving technological sovereignty and leadership of Russia, he said.
On 1 April Tatarstan Prime Minister Aleksey Pesoshin and Russian Minister of Healthcare Mikhail Murashko introduced Ayrat Farrakhov, who was appointed the Acting Rector of Kazan State Medical University (KSMU) to its staff.
In his speech Mikhail Murashko emphasized that today KSMU is rightfully considered one of the most respected in the country and said:”Ayrat (Zakievich) has been officially appointed the Acting Rector and I am sure that under his leadership the University will maintain the positions it has achieved and, of course, will continue its development.”
On 31 March in the Government House of the republic Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister Leyla Fazleeva hold a meeting of the Commission on the Russian language under the Rais of Tatarstan, which considered key issues of supporting and developing Russian language, including new educational initiatives and discussed programmes of popularization of Russian literature and activities to preserve the language heritage.