Nizhnekamsk is the capital of petrochemistry and oil refining in Russia

“The already explored oil reserves in Tatarstan are sufficient for its production at the current level for at least another 30 years. Geological exploration and the introduction of new methods to increase the recovery of reservoirs will extend this period for several more decades. The largest center of the petrochemical industry in the republic is located in Nizhnekamsk. It concentrates 23% of industrial products produced in Tatarstan, about 30% of exports,” says Slava Stepanov.

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1. Nizhnekamsk is a city with a population of 235 thousand people. Located on the Kama River, 35 km from Naberezhnye Chelny and 230 km from Kazan.

2. Lemaeva Square.

3. Nizhnekamsk Cathedral Mosque - the central Muslim temple of the city.

4. Prospect Mira.

A clear functional zoning of the city's territory is noticeable by the way the residential areas of the city are separated from the industrial zone of the chemical plant. The industrial zone is located at a distance of several kilometers from urban microdistricts.

5. Residential building on Shinnikov Avenue

Nizhnekamsk has become a kind of experimental platform, where traditional methods of urban planning and development were practiced.

6. One of Russia's largest centers of the petrochemical, oil refining and power generation industries is located in the Nizhnekamsk municipal district.

7. Nizhnekamskneftekhim is the largest petrochemical enterprise in Europe.

8. Nizhnekamskneftekhim occupies a leading position among domestic producers of synthetic rubbers, plastics and ethylene. In total, the company's product range includes more than a hundred items.

9. Nizhnekamsk raw materials are used to produce household appliances, dishes, medical and laboratory equipment, office supplies and much more.

10. The production complex of the company includes 10 factories of the main production. More than 17 thousand people work at the enterprise.

11. Nizhnekamskneftekhim is Tatarstan's largest consumer of electricity and heat generated by Tatenergo.

12. Since 1997, an oil refinery has gradually separated from the plant, which is now owned by TAIF-NK OJSC.

13. OJSC "TAIF-NK".

The complex, which includes an oil refinery, a gasoline plant and a gas condensate processing plant. Products include: gasoline, kerosene, diesel fuel, vacuum gas oil, butane-butylene, propane-propylene fractions.

14. In the first half of 2014, TAIF-NK PSC processed 4453 thousand tons of raw materials, including 3929 thousand tons of oil and 524 thousand tons of gas condensate.

15. Tankers.

16. Among the refineries of Russia, TAIF-NK PJSC ranks 7th in terms of the depth of processing of raw materials with an indicator of 76.5%, significantly exceeding the industry average level of 2013 of 71.5%.

17. PSC TAIF-NK produces 97% of the oil products of the Republic of Tatarstan and is one of the largest companies in the region providing resources for petrochemical industries.

18. JSC "TANECO" (Tatarstan Oil Refining Complex).

The largest oil refining complex in the Russian Federation (formerly ZAO Nizhnekamsk Oil Refinery). Currently, the annual volume of oil produced by the Taneko refinery is about 8 million, although at the very beginning of the plant's launch in 2011, the task was to process 7 million tons. Now, according to the plans of the regional authorities, Tatneft will gradually increase its productivity to the level of 14 million tons of oil per year.

19. Production of the complex - 20 types of products of deep oil refining - from motor fuels of European quality to raw materials components for the production of a wide range of popular petrochemical products.

20. Now TANECO has achieved production indicators that have exceeded the industry-wide values. The depth of processing of raw materials amounted to 74.5%, in the country it is 71%, the yield of light oil products is at the level of 50%. It is planned that in 2015 the depth of oil refining will be increased to 97%. This indicator significantly exceeds the depth of processing on average in Russia and will help improve the performance of the entire industry.

21. Nizhnekamskshina (Nizhnekamsk Tire Plant).

The largest enterprise in the tire industry, producing automobile tires of the KAMA, KAMA EURO brands. The assortment of the plant includes more than 120 standard sizes and models of tires, including those developed by the specialists of the Scientific and Technical Center "Kama".

22. The production capacity of the plant is 13 million tires per year.

23. In March 2013, the Tatneft Tire Complex delivered the one millionth KAMA EURO tire to the conveyor of the Volkswagen Group plant in Kaluga.

24. Nizhnekamsk CHPP-1.

OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim is the main consumer of thermal and electric energy, so the composition of the equipment at the station was selected based on the loads of OAO Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

25. The CHPP equipment includes 9 power and 2 hot water boilers, as well as 5 turbine units. The plant's installed electric capacity is 380 MW, thermal capacity is 1580 Gcal/h.