OREANDA-NEWS. January 20, 2009. OAO TATNEFT arranged a presentation of another book dedicated to the well-known oil man Rinat Galeyev  published in the framework of OAO TATNEFT Corporate Library Series, reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

The event was attended by the Management of OAO Tatneft headed by Sh.F. Takhautdinov, General Director, who had initiated the creation of the Corporate Library. The ceremony was also attended by the Administration representatives of the Almetyevsk municipal district, relatives of R.G. Galeyev, managers, veterans and youth leaders of the company's divisions, students of the Almetyevsk State Petroleum Institute, as well as representatives of the media.

The book publication has been timed to the 70th anniversary of RG Galeyev, passed away  in 2007.

R.G. Galeyev played an important role in the development of Tatneft Company and the oil industry. The State highly praised his merits, granting many honorable titles and awards to him: Honorary Oilman of the Ministry of the Oil and Gas Industry of the USSR, Honored Oilman of the Oil and Gas Industry of Russia, winner of the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan, as well as of the Prize after Academician I.M. Gubkin, he was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, badges of Honor, Friendship, etc.

R.G. Galeyev used to work in Tatneft more than forty years making his career from an oil and gas operator to the position of General Director. Under his leadership in 1990-99 Tatneft used to successfully meet the challenges of stabilizing crude oil production, the implementation of large-scale environmental and social projects, making the Company public and getting access to international stock markets.

The book about R.G. Galeyev continues the series "Biographies of OAO Tatneft leaders" of the corporate library.

Speaking at the presentation Sh. F. Takhautdinov, General Director of the Company, thanked all those who had participated in working on the book and in the establishment of the Corporate Library of OAO Tatneft highlighting the author  S.T. Iskhakova, Honored Worker of Culture of the Republic of Tatarstan, Chief Editor of Znamya Truda Newspaper (in Almetyevsk), and the Publishing House "Law and Order" (Moscow). Commenting on the importance of the book, Sh. F. Takhautdinov called it another manual of life for the present and the future generations of oilmen.
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About the Book Series "Corporate Library of OAO Tatneft":

The Corporate Library of OAO Tatneft is a special corporate project reflecting the history of the formation and development of one of the largest domestic oil companies. "The Book of Glory" (3 volumes), "Annual Reports" (2 volumes), "History in Documents and Figures" (3 volumes), "Three billion. History" (2 volumes), etc.   have been  published in the framework of this series since 2005.