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• 26.10.2021 Collective immunity is formed. Percent of immunized ones at PJSC amounts to 88%
  

  The level of collective immunity at PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim reached 88%. Since February this year a vaccination campaign against coronavirus has been taking place in Nizhnekamskneftekhim and its subsidiaries. For the whole period since the pandemic began only 81 employees of 15 thousands of the Nizhnekamskneftekhim staff got coronavirus, 21 of them had to be hospitalized.

  —We have the lowest morbidity rate among the enterprises of refining and petrochemical industries. The lowest percentage of morbidity and mortality rate. This is the result we were trying to achieve, - noted Airat Safin, the General Director of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

  Petrochemists can get vaccinated at seven health posts located in the industrial area, at the NKNK central office and at the SOGAZ PROFMEDITSINA-NK outpatient clinic. In addition, medical teams travel to subdivisions so that a shift personnel can be vaccinated without discontinuing work.

   Heads of departments and divisions were among the first to be vaccinated against coronavirus. The company's youth contributed to the vaccination promotion process. Activists got vaccinated and held a relay race called "Are You Vaccinated?” Each participant received badges in commemoration of this important mission.
  —Employees who had been vaccinated against coronavirus are given a day for rehabilitation at each stage of the vaccination - it is possible to take a day off or add these days to their vacation. Corresponding additions were entered in the collective agreement of the enterprise. The initiative of the petrochemists was also endorsed by other companies of the industry - our company's experience started to be adopted, - stresses Rodion Bulashov, Deputy General Director for Human Resources and Social Issues.

  Besides, every employee, vaccinated against coronavirus, automatically takes part in a prize drawing from the company. Just the other day there was the second prize draw, this time there was a raffle for a GoPro action camera, vouchers to Varzi-Yatchi sanatorium, to Korabelnaya Roscha preventorium, season tickets to Druzhba swimming pool and many other prizes.

  The drawing took place randomly by means of a program - a random number generator on the air.

  The company plans to encourage employees to get vaccinated in the future as well. After all, Nizhnekamskneftekhim as a continuously operating production has no right to stop its work even for a single day. Not only economic well-being of Nizhnekamsk but also of the whole of Tatarstan depends on the industrial giant, its production and financial activities, well-coordinated work of its staff. The company management plans to vaccinate 100% of the personnel.
• 25.10.2021 Another training course under the program "Personnel Reserve: Development of Managerial Competencies" was held at PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim
  

  A program of the so-called career routes which stipulates training of prospective employees included into the "Personnel Reserve List" is applicable at PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim for several years already. The program is selected based on the post categories and with account for the production specificities.

  Another group of trainees, recognized by the company as talented and high-potential, completed training at PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim training center under the program "Personnel Reserve: Development of Managerial Competencies" on October 22. This time the course was meant for the future shift supervisors and chief foremen. Representatives of the human resources department, sociologists and psychologists designated directions to future managers by outlining personal and corporate resources which can be used to develop management potential. Totally, 30 employees of Nizhnekamskneftekhim have been trained.

  Besides, the company conducts a reserve training in the direction, which includes improvement of the professional competence, i.e. training pertaining to the specific nature of the activities in various fields as well as various software product trainings, industrial and energy security trainings, etc.
• 22.10.2021 A birch tree, a rowan tree... The petrochemists are landscaping their native land
  

  Representatives of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim planted seedlings of trees on the territory of sponsored schools on October 22, within the "Green Wave" environmental campaign. Pupils and principals of schools, chairmen of the Councils of Territorial Public Self-Government, chairman of the trade union organization of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Oleg Shumkov, director of EP-600, Lenar Nagimullin, deputy head of facilities administration, Alexey Fert, took part in the action.

  10 pine trees and 10 rowan trees appeared in the sponsored gymnasium No. 25. In addition, the managers and employees of Nizhnekamskneftekhim helped to tidy up the territory for the winter period - to collect leaves and cut down bushes.

  30 seedlings were planted in Lyceum 37 thanks to Nizhnekamskneftekhim. Students of the petrochemical class helped to landscape the territory of their school. They planted maples, birches, aspens and lindens, signed them and left commemorative boxes in the pits.

  The sponsorship assistance to schools is not limited to trees planting. Lenar Nagimullin, director of EP-600, said that students visit the olefin complex under construction, and conferences with the participation of the directorate are held at school territory. All of that is a part of the program to popularize working and engineer professions.

  Heads of sponsored schools and chairmen of the Councils of Territorial Public Self-Government sincerely thanked Nizhnekamskneftekhim for their support.
• 21.10.2021 The employees of Nizhnekamskneftekhim planted 30 fir trees on the territory of the Сompany
  

  30 fir trees decorated the territory of one of the administrative buildings of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim - chief instrument engineer service. The employees of the Automation Center, Chief Metrologist Divison, Chief Instrument Engineer Division and IT Department took part in the ecological action.
  Several dozens of people responded to the call. They planted the green beauties in place of 10 birches that were planted here 40 years ago. They had been cut down, as the old trees could be dangerous because of their decrepitude. 5-year-old spruces brought from the plant nursery in Naberezhnye Chelny were used for new planting. Spruce needles are capable of releasing substances into the environment - phytoncides, which purify and decontaminate oxygen and fill the air with the pine scent.

  - The idea of tree planting originated as a sign of the five-year anniversary of the chief instrument engineer service reorganization and the reunification of the I&C plant workshops, so that everyone could feel a close unity and achieve even stronger unity during a tree planting action. Besides, today we gave a life to new trees - fluffy little beauties and renewed the territory near our building thanks to the help of facilities administration, - said Ludmila Biryaltseva, chairman of trade union committee of Automation Center, IT Department, Chief Metrologist Division.
• 20.10.2021 Representatives of Nizhnekamskneftekhim took part in the meeting of INNOKAM HR Committee
  

  Priorities in the sphere of education and personnel training, as well as elaboration of solutions in the sphere of HR policy in the Kama agglomeration. These and other issues were the subject of special discussions at the meeting of the HR Committee of the Association “Non-commercial partnership “Kama innovative territorial-production cluster", which was held on the basis of Nizhnekamsk Chemical and Technological Institute. Members of the INNOKAM HR committee, the Committee on Science and Education at the Chamber of Commerce and Industry, specialized departments and structures of the EC, federal and regional authorities, heads and specialists of major enterprises, as well as educational institutions of Kazan, Ulyanovsk, Naberezhnye Chelny and Nizhnekamsk came to share experience and adopt best practices of organizations - participants of the cluster.

  Representatives of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim - Rodion Bulashov, Deputy General Director for Human Resources and Social Issues, and Liliya Yarema, Head of HR Division, took part in the work of the committee.

  The delegation visited the site of the EP-600 olefin complex under construction. Andrey Egorov, Chief Engineer of the Plant told the guests about the progress in construction of the new production facility, the use of advanced technologies aimed at producing highly competitive products, as well as the absence of factors negatively impacting on the environment. Andrey Egorov added that over 600 new jobs will be created at the ethylene plant. It is planned to recruit employees from the existing production facilities, and they will be joined by university graduates who had completed their internships.

  Discussion of the issues regarding personnel training for high-tech industries continued within the walls of NС&TI. Here the participants of the session have heard the reports on themes "System of formation and coordination of professional order (allocation of budgetary places): a business view", "System of formation and coordination of professional order (allocation of budgetary places): a view of educational organizations", "System of formation and coordination of professional order: a vision of regional authorities". In addition, the delegates were provided with the works on the formation of a plan for solving problems pertaining to introduction of changes in the method of formation of the state and professional order, familiarized with the conducting of the "virtual internship".
• 12.10.2021 A "Green Wave" from PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim
  

  More than 45 thousand coniferous and deciduous seedlings will replenish the green fund of the NMR. Such a contribution to the improvement of ecology and landscaping of the district territory was made by PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim. There are seedlings of pine, larch and oak on 11 hectares between the Stroiteley settlement and the Industrial Park of Nizhnekamsk. That is 70% of coniferous and 30% of deciduous trees. Seedlings were planted in a mechanized way, using a special equipment, as well as manually.

  - PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim pays special attention to the issue of environmental protection. The company performs all necessary environmental protection measures to ensure environmental safety. The Company takes an active part in preservation and development of the green fund of the city and the district. Every year it carries out greenery planting works in the lands of Nizhnekamsk district, - said Raisa Irekova, the Head of Department of Ecological Supervision of Environmental Safety Division at PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

  Petrochemists plan to plant another 39 hectares with trees. The second stage of tree planting is planned for the near future.
• 08.10.2021 Coped with the task successfully. Civil defense drills were held at PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim
  

  Today the tactical and special training exercises of the Emergency Response Team (for decontamination) No. 2 of the RT, created on the basis of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, were held at the training ground of Fire Department No. 33. The exercises took place within the framework of the All-Russian civil defense staff training.

  The aim - to work out the issues of coherence and readiness of the RT territorial emergency-technical team for practical implementation of tasks.

  According to the legend of the exercises - tanks with hazardous chemicals were destroyed as a result of the enemy's missile and bomb attack on PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim. Due to the destruction of the tanks the following substances were released into the environment: ethylene oxide - 10 tons, ammonia - 25 tons and chlorine - 5 tons. In relation to the situation, "Emergency situation" operation mode was introduced at PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

  In accordance with the Action Plan for Prevention and Elimination of Emergency Situations, the Chairman of the Commission for Emergency Situations and Fire Safety, First Deputy General Director - Chief Engineer of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Irek Aglyamov, took the lead on eliminating the emergency.

  At the first stage, Detachment of the Federal Fire-Fighting Service of the State Fire-Fighting Service - Nizhnekamsk Branch of the Federal State Budgetary Institution "Management of the Fire Department of the State Fire Service of the Republic of Tatarstan" extinguished the fire, installed a water curtain to prevent the spread of the cloud of hazardous chemicals. Gas rescuers of Nizhnekamskneftekhim United Gas Rescue Team performed reconnaissance, removed  the injured person from the gas-contaminated zone. The ambulance team rendered medical aid to the victim and decided to hospitalize him in medical institutions of Nizhnekamsk.

  During the second stage, units of the emergency technical team (decontamination) No. 2 of the RT performed a decontamination of equipment and territory. They cleaned up the spill of hazardous chemicals. They dismantled the rubble, pulled the injured people out of the rubble, and handed them over to the sanitary unit of the emergency technical team (decontamination) No. 2 of the RT. The sanitary unit rendered the first aid, handed over the severely injured ones to the ambulance team for evacuation to medical facilities in Nizhnekamsk.

  The rescuers met the challenge successfully.

  - Every stage of today's exercises has demonstrated that a lot of work has been done, all actions have been perfected. All units worked in lockstep, without any remarks, - summed up the results of the exercises Irek Aglyamov.
• 06.10.2021 The management of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim presented awards to the participants and experts of the II PetroChemSkills 2021 Open Industry Championship
  

  Deserved applause, praise and recognition from the management reached their heroes. Last week, the finals of the PetroChemSkills 2021 Open Industry Championship by WorldSkills standards, organized by SIBUR, were held at the Mining University in St. Petersburg.

  The high training level and depth of knowledge demonstrated by Nizhnekamskneftekhim employees, who participated in almost all disciplines of the competition, were highly praised in the course of summarizing the competition results. Besides, the past competitions focused the petrochemical team  on  ways for further movement and growth.

  On October 5, the management of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim presented well-deserved awards to the participants and experts of the II PetroChemSkills 2021 Open Industry Championship. The employees who won prizes in the competencies of "Chemical Technologies’ Operator", "Laboratory Chemical Analysis", "Estimating" received letters of thanks. Commendations were also awarded to the participants of these competencies and participants of the following competencies:

  • "Non-Destructive Inspection"
  • "Environmental Protection"
  • "Electrical Installation"
  • "Repair of technological equipment"
  • "Welding technologies".

  Airat Safin, General Director, personally presented letters of appreciation to 11 young specialists at the Director’ brief meeting.
  
  

  - I would like to thank all participants, as well as their tutors-experts for successful participation, demonstrated willpower, perseverance and excellent professional knowledge of the disciplines. It was distinguished by everybody that competitions were useful and that we still need to expand our borders of knowledge. It is necessary to both intercommunicate more and receive more knowledge. That's the most valuable thing, - said Airat Foatovich.

  Then the prize-winners and participants of professional skill contests were in for a pleasant surprise - a chat over a cup of tea with the First Deputy General Director - Chief Engineer of Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Irek Aglyamov, and Deputy General Director for Personnel and Social Issues, Rodion Bulashov.

  They awarded letters of appreciation and gratitude on behalf of the General Director of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim for the contribution to the development of the company and participation in the II PetroChemSkills 2021 Open Industry Championship by the World Skills standards to the staff who acted as experts and assisted the participants to prepare and participate in the championship.

  This year, as part of the II PetroChemSkills Open Industry Championship, competitions in various disciplines were held in five cities, including Nizhnekamsk. PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim acted as a partner of the championship in two competencies "Laboratory chemical analysis" and "Production process operator". The Company employees became winners in these competencies. Anton Aldarev, an employee of Butyl Rubber Plant, took the first place in the competence "Production process operator", and Dinar Nugmanov, an employee of Ethylene Plant, took the second place. Aigul Burganova, an employee of Technical Control Division, took the 3rd place in the "Laboratory chemical analysis" competence.  Liliya Vafina, Leading Engineer of the Chief Mechanical Engineer Service, took the honourable third place in the competence "Estimating". 
• 04.10.2021 Employee of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim became a prize-winner of the II PetroChemSkills Open Industry Championship
  

  Mining University in St. Petersburg hosted the final stage of II PetroChemSkills championship for petrochemical workers on October 1st. SIBUR held it for the second time, and this year it was attended by 11 companies from all over the country. The geography of the event covered the whole of Russia. Airat Safin, General Director of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, Timur Shigabutdinov, Deputy General Director - Commercial Director, Rodion Bulashov, Deputy General Director for Human Resources and Social Affairs, took part in the championship closing program.

  Addressing the championship participants, Airat Safin, General Director of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, noted in his speech that, unlike any other theoretical contest, the participants in these competitions solve specific problems that have arisen at specific enterprises, which means that subsequently the solutions worked out here can be implemented at production facilities.

  - The winners of the competition will receive a cash prize and excellent career prospects, but that's not the most important thing. Knowledge and insights sharing in order to make use of them n their future work and grow professionally is the main goal of the competitors. And I wish you great professional success," said Airat Safin.

  The final stage of the competition lasted for four days. Two employees of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim took part in the competences "Estimating" and "Environmental protection". Liliya Vafina, Leading Engineer of the Chief Engineer Service, took the honourable third place in the competence "Estimating". Svetlana Feoktistova, head of the Estimating Department of the Company's Chief Engineer Service, acted as the expert in this competence.

  This year, as part of the II PetroChemSkills Open Industry Championship, competitions in various disciplines were held in five cities, including Nizhnekamsk. PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim acted as a partner of the championship in two competencies "Laboratory chemical analysis" and "Production process operator". The Company employees became winners in these competences. Anton Aldarev, an employee of Butyl Rubber Plant, took the first place in the competence " Production process operator ", and Dinar Nugmanov, an employee of Ethylene Plant, took the second place. Aigul Burganova, an employee of Technical Control Division, took the 3rd place in the "Laboratory chemical analysis" competence.
• 30.09.2021 Safety and efficiency. The latest technology is being used at EP-600 ethylene complex, which is currently under construction
  

  More than 70,000 alarms and interlocks are provided for accident-free and safe operation at the new EP-600 ethylene complex. The complex has been designed using advanced solutions aimed at high productivity, energy efficiency and industrial and environmental safety. Today the journalists were reported on this point and on the progress of construction of the important investment project of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim. During the visit to the construction site, the representatives of the city and republican mass media were able to see the scale of construction activities with their own eyes. Lenar Nagimullin, Director of the Plant, presented detailed information on the construction of a new industrial facility, strategically important for Tatarstan and Russia.

  Construction of the complex is a critical component in the strategy for socio-economic development of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as improvement of the Russian chemical and petrochemical complex for the period up to 2030, which envisages a significant increase in ethylene production capacity to meet growing domestic demand and reduce import supplies of derivative products. Ethylene is used to produce polyethylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene terephthalate and polystyrene. These are the materials needed to produce finished products such as pipes, wire and cable insulation, products for the automotive, aviation, household and medical industries.

  Russia's share of ethylene production is only 2% of total global production. The country ranks 11th in this indicator, given that ethylene is the main product of petrochemical synthesis.

  Commissioning of EP-600 will allow Nizhnekamskneftekhim to strengthen its position in the petrochemical market as a producer of a wide range of synthetic rubber, to transform itself into a major player at Russian and CIS markets in the sphere of production and sales of various grades of plastics, replacing, among others, their import.

  The new facility will be able to process 1,800,000 tonnes of straight-run gasoline per year in order to produce ethylene and such target products as propylene - 273,000 tonnes, benzene - 249,000 tonnes and butadiene - 88,000 tonnes.

  Linde, a German company, is the developer of the design and detailed documentation for the new EP-600 plant. Construction of the plant was started in May 2020. Currently, the excavation works have been completed. A total of 100,000 m3 of reinforced concrete structures and 26,000 tonnes of steel structures have been erected.

  19.8 thousand meters of on-site networks and 41 thousand long-distance pipes and 56.6 km of cable trays were laid, and 425 pieces of equipment were installed.

  Particular attention is paid to ensuring environmental safety. At emission sources, the systems for their monitoring (CEMS) have been designed that provide online monitoring with data transmission to control stations and regulatory authorities.

  Modern, efficient dual-zone burners will be used to reduce the formation of nitrogen oxides, and efficient decoking cyclones will help to prevent entering of suspended solids and coke into the atmosphere.

  As part of the complex, there will be a local wastewater treatment plant that will ensure a zero discharge of industrial wastewater. Besides, the water will be recycled back into the process after its treatment, thereby reducing the Kama River water adding.

  630 jobs will be created upon commissioning of the complex. Graduates of local colleges and universities will have the opportunity to work at modern and safe production facilities. Tax payments to the budget of the republic and the city will also increase. The construction of EP-600 is scheduled for completion in 2023.

  During the tour, media representatives visited the construction site, where at present more than 2,500 workers are employed. The journalists saw how the pyrolysis furnaces of the ethylene complex are being constructed and visited the shift camp. Here they familiarized themselves with the working and living conditions of the specialists of the general contractor, Turkish Gemont Ltd. Project Manager, Yashar Kandemir, gave a detailed description of meal arrangements, recreation and leisure activities, as well as observance of industrial safety rules and anti-covid measures by the contractor's employees. Besides, the participants of the press-tour visited the shop for production of pipe units for the new complex, which significantly expedites the pipelines’ installation process. Here, they were told about the specifics and advantages of the site and were given a demonstration of not only the manufacturing process of pipe products, but also the process of strict control of finished products, performed both by the manufacturer and the customer.

  Discussions regarding Complex construction were continued during the press-conference organized for the journalists at the head office of "Gemont" Company. Airat Safin, General Director of PJSC Nizhnekamskneftekhim, and Mukhittin Aktash, General Director of OOO Gemont acted as speakers.

  The Head of Nizhnekamskneftekhim spoke about the importance of EP-600 construction for the city and the Republic of Tatarstan both in terms of fulfilling social obligations to create new jobs and a significant increase in tax payments to the consolidated budget of the Republic in the coming years. Airat Safin paid much attention to the economic significance of the complex under construction for the region and for the country as a whole. He highly praised the quality and pace of construction of the industrial facility, which is being built by 18 Tatarstan companies.

  Muhittin Aktash, the head of OOO Gemont, told journalists about the experience of working in Tatarstan, where the Сompany is registered. Tax payments from its activities go to the consolidated budget of Tatarstan. According to him 146 projects have been implemented by the Сompany in different countries, and 11 of them are akin to EP-600. In their turn, EP-600 and the project implemented in Irkutsk Oblast will become the 12th and 13th projects of such scale in the Company's portfolio. The Director General of OOO GEMONT pointed out the high qualification of the company employees and their selection criteria, and elaborated on measures for ensuring industrial safety and preventive measures against the spread of coronavirus infection. Muhittin Aktash emphasized the fact that GEMONT was able to ensure uninterrupted implementation of the project exactly in the Republic of Tatarstan during the global lockdown in 2020 and makes every effort to accelerate the construction of the new ethylene complex in Nizhnekamsk.