Greetings of Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov on Day of oil and gas industry workers

Dear oil and gas industry workers! Dear veterans of the industry! On behalf of Tatarstan Government I congratulate you on your professional holiday – the Day of oil and gas industry workers! Oil and gas production is a difficult, responsible work of thousands of people. We can hardly imagine any sphere of our life without products of the industry. Therefore, we call oil and gas industry a national heritage of our country, the basis of rapid development and guarantor of energy safety.

Oil and gas industry are one of the most rapidly developing and high-technology sectors in Tatarstan. Its 70-year history demonstrates labour achievements of several generations of the industry workers. Successfully dealing with complicated production tasks, they make great contribution to realization of priority social and economic programmes.

I express special gratitude to veterans of the industry, discoverers of oilfields in Tatarstan, Western Siberia and other oil and gas provinces in Russia. You created that solid foundation for development of Russian oil and gas industry. New generations of the industry workers maintain and enrich your labour traditions.

Oil and gas industry workers celebrate this holiday with positive results and large-scale programmes being implemented. I am sure that their knowledge, wide experience, diligence and dedication to profession will help reaching new professional heights. I wish all workers and veterans wellbeing and successful professional activity for the benefit of the Russian Federation.

Tatarstan President, Rustam Minnikhanov.