The Minister for Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, Sergey Donskoy visits the South-Eastern Region of Tatarstan
30 October 2012, Tuesday
Today Sergey Donskoy, the Minister for Natural Resources and Ecology of the Russian Federation, visited Almetyevsk where his meeting with Shafagat Takhautdinov, Director General of Tatneft ОАО, took place. Artem Sidorov, the Minister for Ecology and Natural Resources of the Republic of Tatarstan, also took part in the meeting. Within the framework of this working visit the following issues were discussed: subsurface resources management, future ultraviscous oil reserves development, and economic stimulation of small oil fields development.
Sergey Donskoy also visited the laboratory of Wells, Reservoirs, and Hydrocarbons Surveying Department of the Tatar Oil Research and Design Institute (TatNIPIneft, Bugulma).
Inspectors of the Central Department, together with representatives of the Kazan Interdistrict Environmental Prosecutor's Office and the Office of the Federal Service for State Registration, Cadastre and Cartography of the Republic of Tatarstan, conducted a survey of the territory of the Zelenodolsk district.
The events were held in the Zainsky district. The commission included inspectors from the Zakamsky Department of the Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan.
The Ministry of Ecology of the Republic of Tatarstan received an appeal from residents about violations of environmental legislation in the Yelabuga district. Inspectors from the Kama Department went to the site and confirmed the fact of dumping production and consumption waste into the territory of the Bug River water protection zone.