OREANDA-NEWS. The delegation of the Kurdish Autonomous Region of Iraq headed by Sirvanom Barzani, Board Chairman of "Korekgroup" visited the TATNEFT Company's Nizhnekamsk business sector enterprises, as part of a business trip to the Republic of Tatarstan.

During the visit to the production facilities of JSC TATNEFT the delegation was accompanied by Alexei Pesoshin, First Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Tatarstan, Nail Maganov, General Director of JSC TATNEFT, Rais Khisamov, Chief Geologist of JSC TATNEFT, Evgenii Kormishin Head of Oil and Gas Projects outside of the Republic of Tatarstan, Leonid Alekhin, General Director of JSC TANECO and other officials.

Familiarization with the TANECO Refinery and Petrochemical Plants Complex began with a tour of the Combined Hydrocracking Installation site. An automated process control system was demonstrated to the delegation at the central control room of the Complex.

The participants received detailed information about the activities of JSC TATNEFT and JSC TANECO. In particular, Rais Khisamov, Chief Geologist of JSC TATNEFT presented to the audience information about new technologies of crude oil production, patented by Tatarstan oil companies, and he shared the Company's experience in the production of heavy and extra-viscous oil.

The delegations of the Iraqi Kurdish Autonomous Region was offered the information  about the TANECO Project implementation, products yielded and further prospects of the Oil Refining and Petrochemical Complex development.

During the meeting, Nail Maganov, General Director of JSC TATNEFT, emphasized that the Company had vast experience of hydrocarbon raw materials production: from the lightest to the most heavy oils. TATNEFT Company has practical experience of working in different climatic conditions. The Company accumulated considerable experience in large-scale oil refining projects in recent years.

Participants of the event were asking numerous questions, including the ones related to the equipment and technologies introduced into operation. Foreign visitors highly praised the TANECO complex as a modern technological enterprise.

The closing visiting program facilities of the Company were enterprises in the JSC TATNEFT's tire manufacturing complex. The delegation got acquainted with the manufacturing process of solid steel cord tires at the territory of OOO "Nizhnekamsk SSC Tire Factory". The delegation visited the preparatory workshop, the blanking and production assembly line, appreciated the production quality control system including X-ray control of the manufactured SSC tires. The delegation members observed the process of loading tires to and unloading them from the shaper-vulcanizer unit at the shop of vulcanization.

The participants of the event were offered the exposition display of the JSC TATNEFT's petrochemical complex with a wide range of KAMA and Viatti tire brands, as well as products manufactured under the off-take basis system for the European company, including a premium brand. The guests were clearly demonstrated the benefits of modern design SSC tires.