OREANDA-NEWS. December 15, 2008. "Nizhnekamskneftekhim" INC was awarded a commemorative badge and a certificate of honour as a winner in the category "Petrochemistry" of the show - contest for implementing the 2006-2010 Program “Energy Supply Efficiency in the Tatarstan Republic ” in 2008, reported the press-centre of Nizhnekamskneftekhim.

The awarding ceremony was held within the framework of the session of the TR Government and Coordination Board, on energy saving and energy efficiency problems, contacts with business and regions as to "Legislative development in the field of energy saving and implementing the state policy of energy supply efficiency in the Russian Federation regions with the Tatarstan Republic as an example".

That very same time, the Exhibition Centre "Kazan Trade Fair" hosted X International Specialized Exhibition " Energy. Utilities-Saving" and IX International Workshop "Energy Supply Efficiency & Energy Saving", which demonstrated the latest energy-saving achievements of "Nizhnekamskneftekhim" INC.

In particular, the Company's new halobutyl rubber, polystyrene and polypropylene production facilities are the most cost-effective in terms of utilities consumption, where energy consumption in the marketable product cost constitutes maximum 2.5%. The example of the efficient energy-saving implementations is, inter alia, a commissioned captive energy supplier – cogeneration gas-turbine unit GTU-75, which will cover the Company requirements in electric power by 25% and heat energy by 10%.