News – Government of Russia

Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak made a working trip to the Republic of Tatarstan. He met with the head of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov, performed at the oil summit, visited the infrastructure and educational objects of the republic, met with participants in regional industry competitions and olympiads for schoolchildren.

Alexander Novak examined the Tatneft Scientific and Educational Center “Higher School of Oil”, where he met with schoolchildren-winners of the “Sustainable Development” contest, the environmental Olympiad, and the leaders of the “School Biolaboratories” program. “New industries require engineers and scientists of a new format for whom figurative thinking, research skills, and the ability to make effective decisions come to the fore. Therefore, in addition to the relevant knowledge that you get here, it is important that you learn to communicate, be a leader, work in a team. For this, there are all the necessary conditions – these are modern laboratories, comfortable training classes, experienced teachers, ”said Alexander Novak.

He examined the exhibition of oil and gas equipment within the framework of the oil summit, and also performed at the panel session “Tatneft”-75 years of technological leadership and contribution to the development of the fuel and energy complex in Russia: a look at a sustainable future. ”Vice-Prime Minister spoke about the implementation of tasks to achieve technological sovereignty.“ As part of energy strategies until 2050 to achieve technological The sovereignty and the provision of technological leadership is supposed to form an ecosystem that will develop economic incentives for investment in technology and equipment when removing administrative barriers, creating a domestic pool of serial technologies for the fuel and energy systems are also key elements, the digital transformation of the industry, the involvement of qualified personnel, and the provision of professional development of staff, ”said Alexander Novak.

Answering the question of the future of oil and gas production on the horizon of 20-30 years, he said that at least until 2035, world demand for oil is expected to grow against the backdrop of an increase in the number of cars in the countries of the Asia -Pacific region, Latin America and Africa. “The key factors of the dynamics of demand will be an increase in transport transportation and a change in the structure of the fleet towards electric vehicles and increase the efficiency of internal combustion engines. A significant increase in demand will be observed in petrochemistry. At the same time, competition in the global oil market will increase. As a result, although the share of oil in the global energy balance will decrease from 37 to 33% by 2050, the volume of demand for oil in absolute numbers will increase from 102 to 114 million barrels per day, ”the Deputy Prime Minister emphasized.

Alexander Novak awarded the representatives of the Tatneft team by the Order of Valiant Labor for great contribution to the development of the oil and gas industry, and the achieved labor successes. The Deputy Prime Minister thanked the company’s veterans and employees for his effective work for the benefit of the country’s fuel and energy complex.

Deputy Prime Minister held a working meeting with the head of the Republic of Tatarstan Rustam Minnikhanov. The parties discussed the socio-economic development of the republic, as well as the actualization of the conditions for the modernization of the Naberezhnye CHAR TPP. The implementation of the project is an effective solution for covering the growing demand for electricity and ensuring reliable heat supply of the city with a population of more than 500 thousand people.

The Deputy Prime Minister took part in the opening ceremony of the XI Republican open field Olympiad of young geologists, which is held for schoolchildren from Russian regions and friendly countries. “The children’s geological movement, which has existed in Tatarstan for more than 40 years, is an example of how effectively at the regional level to contribute to the achievement of national goals, to train personnel for the country’s economy from the school bench. The movement covers about 1.5 thousand children. I am sure that such projects must be implemented in other regions. Such initiatives correspond to the president’s national goal to realize the potential of each person, the development of his talents, the education of a patriotic and socially responsible person, ”said Alexander Novak.

During the trip, the Deputy Prime Minister visited the Tatneft oil refinery Tanko, got acquainted with his work and launched the launch of the second hydrocracking installation.

“With the launch of the new installation, the Tatneft“ Tanko “Tanko“ “Tango” oil refinery will become the only refinery in Russia that has two hydrocracking installations in its configuration. This will further increase the depth of the raw materials processing and the most valuable oil products, including high-quality fuels of Euro-6 “. It was important that the domestic was used as much as possible domestic fuel. Equipment, Russian catalysts, ”said Alexander Novak.