New laboratory
Gazprom neftekhim Salavat has purchased a second mobile environmental laboratory, it is set to conduct round-the-clock monitoring of atmospheric air.
The new mobile environmental laboratory based on the GAZelleNext vehicle is equipped with modern gas analyzing equipment of domestic manufacturers. The equipment includes gas analyzers of the sum mass concentration of hydrocarbons C2 — C10 and methane, ammonia and nitrogen oxides (LLC ETEK, Moscow), gas analyzers of sulfur dioxide and hydrogen sulfide, carbon oxide (JSC OPTEC, St. Petersburg), gas chromatographs for aromatic hydrocarbons and organochlorines (LLC EKAN, Moscow). Additionally, the mobile environmental laboratory (MEL) is equipped with a modern complex of meteorological parameters, generators of gas mixtures, pure nitrogen, pure hydrogen, heated sampling probes, sampling bags, and filter holders.
The software of the new MEL, Ecological Software System (LLC KMP-SOFT, Moscow), is a specialized modular program complex designed to work as part of environmental monitoring systems.
At present, the mobile environmental laboratory based on the GAZelleNext vehicle has been mastered and put into operation. Trial visits to the control points in the residential area and on the border of the Company's sanitary protection zone with atmospheric air sampling were conducted. After passing the next confirmation of the accredited laboratory's competence in 2024 with the expansion of the accreditation area for this mobile facility, MEL will begin to carry out 24-hour monitoring of atmospheric air.
Annually, employees perform more than 60 thousand tests of atmospheric air samples when monitoring the residential area of Salavat, including complaints from city residents, as well as on the border of the sanitary protection zone and in the industrial site of Gazprom neftekhim Salavat.
The company already operates a mobile environmental laboratory on the basis of a KamAZ vehicle, which makes it possible to promptly collect and measure (test) atmospheric air samples around the clock. In 2023, the accredited ecoanalytical laboratory performed 34,316 tests (measurements) in the residential area of Salavat. Of these, 7,116 tests (measurements) were taken following complaints from city residents only. Since the beginning of 2024, the laboratory has done 10,564 tests (measurements) in the Salavat residential area, including 4,122 tests (measurements) in response to complaints from citizens.
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Gazprom neftekhim Salavat is one of the largest oil refining and petrochemical complexes in Russia. The Complex was founded in 1948.
The Company is integrated into the Gazprom system. It has the basic advantage: consolidating on a single site a full cycle of crude hydrocarbons processing, petrochemistry and mineral fertilizers production. The Company comprises the Oil Refinery, Gas & Chemical Plant and the Monomer Plant.
Gazprom neftekhim Salavat produces more than 150 items, over 50% of which are bulk products including motor gasoline, diesel fuel, fuel oil, styrene, polystyrene, low density polyethylene, high density polyethylene, DOP plasticizer, butyl alcohols, sulphur, ammonia, urea, acrylic acid, butyl acrylate etc.
The products are shipped to all federal subjects of the country. Export supplies of oil products are mainly directed to European and CIS countries. Petro- and gas chemicals are exported to over 30 CIS and non-CIS countries.
High quality of Gazprom neftekhim Salavat output is confirmed by certificates of conformity to ISO 9001 and 14001, the international standards of quality and environmental safety.