Employees of Kuibyshev Refinery (part of Rosneft's refining complex) planted over a thousand pine seedlings in the Volga forestry of the Samara region.

Environmental protection for future generations is an unconditional priority for Rosneft. The Company runs a number of extensive environmental programmes and maintains a leading position in minimising its environmental footprint and making its operations environmentally friendly. Rosneft annually invests significant funds in environmental protection activities, including the implementation of forest restoration and compensation programmes.

Thanks to Kuibyshev Refinery employees, young conifers are now growing on two hectares of previously vacant territory in the Krasnoyarsk district of the Samara region. Artificial planting considerably shortens the reforestation period after adverse natural phenomena - floods, fires, pest invasions, as well as human economic activity. Reforestation also protects the soil from erosion by preventing the formation of gullies, and helps to preserve ecological balance and biodiversity.

The Kuibyshev refinery has spent more than 20 billion roubles on environmental protection measures over the past few years. Thanks to the green investments, the plant has reduced its air pollution by 2.5 times. The enterprise has built new production units and upgraded existing industrial facilities. Significant projects include the conversion of the refinery's power plant from liquid fuel to gas, reconstruction of the petroleum product discharge rack and the treatment facilities, and equipping the product and feedstock storage tanks with protective pontoons, which prevent evaporation of petroleum products into the atmosphere.

Rosneft
Information Division
May 5, 2022

Keywords: Environmental news 2022