OREANDA-NEWS. September 29, 2009. A regular meeting of the Republican Headquarters took place at TANECO construction site in Nizhnekamsk, with participation of R.N.Minikhanov, Head of the Government of Tatarstan, construction of the Complex being on the agenda. The main issue on the agenda was the summary of the results of the works for the period of 8 months of the current year.

The Prime Minister made a roundabout route of the Complex site before the start of the meeting. Rustam Minnikhanov observed the main facilities of the First start-up complex, thereafter he took part in the work of the headquarters.

Kh.A Bagmanov, the OJSC TANECO General Director, was the first to make a report “Fulfillment of the Step 1A1 commissioning schedule and issues of criticality. As the Client, the Company Director, informed hereof that the total progress of works on the First start-up complex to date makes 57%, though a month ago this figure did not exceed 41%. The volume of the performed construction works this year by the beginning of September made 13,8 billion rubles. Nearly 3 billion rubles is planned to be disbursed in September, out of which 1183 billion rubles had been already disbursed. The General Director of OJSC TANECO highlighted also the main targets for September, thus completion of underground utilities, taking actions on winterization and cleanup works at the Complex site.

Information of the construction progress proceeds of the external infrastructure which is financed by the RF Investment Fund was highlighted at the headquarters meeting, and namely, crude oil pipeline and product pipeline. V.N. Zinovyev, Deputy General Director of the Capital Construction of JSC Tatneft, noted that today dynamic construction works are being performed at these facilities by the General Contractor, UK GlavNefteGasStroyServis, 1510 people are engaged (including 252 welders), hundreds of machines involved. The completion of construction is scheduled in autumn this year, thereafter hydraulic testing of the pipelines will be performed.

R.N.Minnikhanov summarized the results of the works on the execution of the Project in 2009. The Prime-Minister emphasized hereof that there are “positive changes in the project execution. It is evident that plenty was done. Now the major target of the builders is to perform the ultimate scope of the construction works before the approach of winter”.