OREANDA-NEWS. The Central Laboratory of the Refinery and Petrochemical Plants Complex and its two divisions: the industrial environmental monitoring laboratory and  oil products testing laboratory of JSC TANECO, established on the basis of the  quality control laboratory have passed the procedure of re-accreditation.

The TANECO Complex’s Laboratory reaffirmed the high status proving full compliance of its activities and the professional level of its employees with the criteria established by order of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development №16383 dated November 12, 2015 in accordance with Federal Law of December 28, 2013, №412-FZ "On the accreditation in the national accreditation system". An appropriate certificate valid for a period of 5 years was conferred to the enterprise.

The accreditation was performed in two stages in strict accordance with the legislation.  The first stage (documentary check) included expertise of the submitted documents for compliance with the approved criteria. The expert commission appointed by the Federal Service for accreditation had no comments on the documentation provided by the specialists of JSC TANECO.

The next accreditation stage was conducted directly at the enterprise. The arrived experts evaluated the efficiency of the quality management system, availability of laboratory equipment and chemical reagents required to perform all the types of analyzes, accuracy of drawing up all the documents, qualification degree of the employees, including application of case studies: the so-called enciphered samples of petroleum products and water. Complex tests of the samples of unknown composition and characteristics provided by the Commission   demonstrated flawless operation of the equipment and lab personnel of the TANECO Complex.

The consumers of the TANECO products are very demanding with regard to the quality of aviation fuel and Euro-5 diesel fuel. The environmental authorities strictly control the Complex’s emissions into the environment. In the market economy conditions the successful accreditation of the laboratory significantly improves the Company's image and competitiveness of the products output here.

The accreditation, which took place in the laboratory of industrial environmental monitoring and laboratory of the petroleum products testing, has become an important event for the employees as well. It has reaffirmed the high competence of the personnel and their willingness to perform the most difficult tasks.