OREANDA-NEWS. The Company started commercial production of new products: jet fuel of RT, TS-1 and Jet A-1 grades at the TANECO Refining and Petrochemical Plants Complex in Nizhnekamsk (Tatarstan).

The acts on starting commercial production of RT, TS-1 and Jet A-1 jet fuel were signed following the outcome of the Acceptance Committee meeting held in Moscow on the basis of the All-Russian Scientific Research Institute of Crude Oil Refining (JSC "VNIINP") with the participation of the experts from the State Research Institute of Civil Aviation (GosNII GA), Central Institute of Aviation Motors (CIAM n.a. Baranov), VNIINP and TANECO Complex.

The technologies of commercial production for the listed brands of jet fuel have been approved to date. The State Research Institute of Civil Aviation (GosNII GA) has sent letters to the heads of air transport enterprises and airports authorizing the use of TANECO produced jet fuel for civil aircraft.

The aviation kerosene is produced at the combined hydrocracking installation launched into commercial operation in March 2014. Currently, the production capacity of TANECO allows producing up to 500 thousand tons of jet fuel per year. The aviation kerosene will be a good addition to Euro 5 diesel fuel having optimal performance properties and being already produced at the combined hydrocracking installation.

Rustam Minnikhanov, President of the Republic of Tatarstan, congratulated the staff of TATNEFT Group of Companies with this important development. His telegram states that the production of new competitive grades of petroleum products is an important milestone in the development of the refining industry in Tatarstan and the evidence of successful implementation of the JSC TATNEFT's strategy to diversify and increase the business profitability.