OREANDA-NEWS. January 28, 2013. TATNEFT became the only fuel company, which filling stations were twice recognized as the best in the prestigious international contest "Station of the month" in 2012. Russian, Ukrainian and Belarusian filling stations used to become the winners of the contest last year, reported the press-centre of TATNEFT.      

Among the winners of the contest there is multi-fuel vehicle refueling complex No. 5 of the JSC TATNEFT, located at the 1,261-st km of the M5 "Ural" Samara-Ufa-Chelyabinsk highway (Bavlinsky branch of the OOO "Tatneft - AZS Center") and service filling complex No. 18 of the JSC TATNEFT located at the Prospect Mira in Naberezhnye Chelny (Chelny branch of the OOO "Tatneft - AZS Center").

This industry branch contest has been held by the popular Russian specialized publication "Modern Filling Station" since 2003 among the stations located in the Russian Federation, Kazakhstan, Ukraine and Belarus. Applications for participation in the contest are also submitted by companies of other former Soviet republics and Eastern European countries.

Winning in the "Station of the month" contest gives the right to participate in the "Station of the Year" contest.

Evaluating the filling stations the jury pays attention not only to the attractive outer appearance of the facility and original of the station area design, but also to the choice range of related services, modern technological equipment and application of advanced "green" technologies at the facility.

Convenient locations of TATNEFT's filling stations, reasonable prices, high fuel quality, excellent service and discount system for regular customers help increasing the number of customers and contribute to increased sales of fuel and related products.

The volume of retail and wholesale marketing of oil and gas products through the network of TATNEFT's filling stations in 2012 amounted to 1,515.2 thousand tons.