OREANDA-NEWS. February 28, 2012. TNK-BP is the official sponsor of Russia’s annual “Car of the Year 2012” prize. The winners in each category will be announced at the official awards ceremony to be held in Moscow on March 29, reported the press-centre of TNK-BP.

Motor enthusiasts can vote for the best car in each category via the autogoda.ru website. In addition, everyone who votes will be entered in a draw for the main prize – a Hyundai ix35 with a full tank of TNK-Pulsar branded fuel. The draw will take place on March 14.

In parallel with the competition TNK-BP has launched a promotion entitled Carbon Bonus Snowfall for members of its Carbon loyalty programme. Bonus points can be won by taking part in virtual races. Each day, the 16 players who score the best results in the virtual heats will have 5,000 bonus points added to their Carbon cards, which they can then use to buy fuel or anything else in TNK’s service stations.

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TNK-BP is Russia’s third largest oil company and is owned by BP and the AAR consortium (Alfa Group/Access Industries/Renova) on a parity basis. Additionally, TNK-BP owns approximately 50% of the Russian oil and gas company Slavneft. TNK-BP’s share in Russia’s oil production (including its share in Slavneft) is about 16%. The Company’s total proved SEC LOF reserves are 8.794 billion BOE as of December 31, 2010.

The CARBON programme was launched in the autumn of 2011 and is now running in all TNK-branded service stations. Every time you buy fuel or goods bonus points are added to your CARBON card, which you can then use to pay for fuel and other items in TNK’s service station stores. For each 50 rubles spent you receive 5 bonus points when buying ordinary fuel, 10 points when buying Pulsar, and 15 points when buying goods in the convenience stores. You can use your accumulated bonus points to pay for fuel or anything else in TNK’s service stations at an exchange rate of 10 bonus points = 1 ruble.

The “Car of the Year” prize has existed for over 10 years. Each year motor enthusiasts cast their votes for the best car in each category on www.autogoda.ru.