Tatneft saves 1.5 bln roubles on import replacement

​The company looks for domestic analogues of raw materials for car tyres, equipment and catalyzers for oil processing.

In the conditions of the fall of world prices for oil, fluctuation of the national currency exchange rates Tatneft in late 2014 worked out and now realizes the complex program of expenditure optimization with saving all the strategic projects and social obligations, CEO N. Maganov said.

To pay back the price rise of imported materials and equipment the company has worked out and realized a program of import replacement.

The production of the necessary equipment at the republic’s enterprises and the company’s capacities has been organized. A project of foundation of a unit for well repair with inclined mouth has been successfully realized at ElAZ. Previously it was purchased in Canada.