OREANDA-NEWS.  February 18, 2014. TATNEFT Company achieved a significant effect from the invention and rationalization activities of its employees in 2013.

In 2013, 10,520 authors implemented 12,233 rationalization proposals, inventions, utility models and computer programs with the economic effect of 5.665 billion rubles. 200 applications for alleged inventions and utility models were submitted to the Federal Institute of Industrial Property and 211 documents of title were obtained.

The Plan of JSC TATNEFT for introducing new equipment and advanced technologies in 2013 included 86 events and the plan was fully implemented.

The Company's professionals successfully participated in the federal and republican contests.
For high performance in innovation activities JSC TATNEFT was for the tenth time awarded the honorary title "Best enterprise in invention and rationalization in 2012" with the award of the Big Cup and the Diploma of the Republican Society of Inventors and Innovators.

24 innovators of the Company were awarded titles of Exemplary Inventors and Innovators in 2012.

11 specialists of the Company became winners of the XIVth All-Russian contest "Engineer of the Year 2013" with 5 of them being awarded the title "Professional Engineer of Russia" and 1 specialist was awarded a diploma "Winner of the first round of the All-Russian contest  "Engineer of the Year".

Groups of authors of TATNEFT received the "Winner Prize of the Government of the Russian Federation in science and technology" and were awarded by the Government Prize of the Russian Federation in the field of science and technology for the work "Development and industrial introduction of a technologies range for   development of extra-viscous oil fields" and the title "Laureate of the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of science and technology" with awarding the State Prize of the Republic of Tatarstan in the field of science and technology for the work "Development of technologies to improve oil treatment quality in the conditions of the oil fields of the Urals-Volga region".

13 projects of JSC TATNEFT became winners of the IXth Republican contest "50 best innovative ideas for the Republic of Tatarstan".

Engineering developments of TATNEFT Company were awarded 6 prizes and rewards according to the results of the "Best Invention of the Republic of Tatarstan" contest.
The professionals of JSC TATNEFT won 12 prizes at the "Young Innovator and Inventor of the Republic of Tatarstan" contest.

Engineering developments of JSC TATNEFT were granted six gold, five silver and six bronze medals at the XVIth International Moscow Salon of Inventions and Innovation Technologies "Archimedes-2013".