OREANDA-NEWS. November 22, 2011. TATNEFT jointly with "SAP SNG," Energy Consulting Group of Companies, "NTsIT" Interteh" and "Modern Internet Technologies" held a conference on the application of SAP solutions in the oil and gas sector's companies, reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.

The forum arranged to coincide with the 10-th anniversary of the SAP system in TATNEFT, was attended by Nikolay Nikiforov, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan - Minister of Information and Communication of the Republic of Tatarstan, monitor of the SAP project in the Company, Vladimir Lavushchenko, Deputy General Director of TATNEFT on Economics, Steve Tsikakis, Vice President of SAP AG, Yunir Giniatullin, SAP Project Manager of TATNEFT, representatives of Russian oil and gas and petrochemical companies - members of RIAK, and other major Russian industrial enterprises.

The issues of current trends and approaches in the area of implementation and support of the SAP platform based solutions were reviewed in the framework of discussion sessions with representatives of the companies using the SAP system and leading consultants on management of investments, basic data, personnel, etc.

Currently, the SAP system in TATNEFT covers about 3,000 users. Creation of a single information space allowed developing and implementing standards for the management of financial, material and human resources.

During the conference the participants got acquainted with TATNEFT's ten years experience in the field and exchanged views on current issues and prospects of implementing new projects of SAP based solutions.

Details of the conference are available on www.sap.tatneft.ru and the partners' sites.

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TATNEFT Company and SAP AG Concern are strategic partners and have already got more than a decade of successful cooperation experience in implementing solutions for the management of the Company.

TATNEFT actively applies innovative technologies. Application of SAP solutions for business management allows improving the customer relationship, enhancing joint activities with partners and increasing the efficiency of the Company's processes.