Gazpromneft-Lubricants conducts spill response drills at St. Petersburg and Murmansk ports

Gazpromneft-Lubricants LLC (part of Gazpromnet) has successfully completed OSR exercises at Big Port St. Petersburg and Port of Murmansk to test preparedness of its teams to respond to emergency spills during bunkering lubricants to merchant vessels at berth, the Company said in its press release.

The company's response teams have tested various scenarios of emergency spill during bunkering operations.

An expert committee that included representatives of the port authorities and the EMERCOM said the experience and qualification of employees of Gazpromneft-Lubricants guarantee safe supply of oils to tankers.

Gazpromneft – Lubricants (Gazpromneft – Lubricants LLC) is a subsidiary of Gazpromneft that specializes in the production and sale of oils, lubricants and technical fluids. Established in November 2007. Gazpromneft – Lubricants has 6 production sites in Russia, Italy and Serbia. Our total production volume amounts to 500,000 tons of high-quality oils, lubricants and technical fluids every year. The Omsk Lubricant Plant (OZSM) is Russia’s most state-of-the-art complex for mixing, filling and packaging of oils with the total annual mixing and packaging capacity of 300,000 tons. The management system in place at Gazpromneft – Lubricants and its production facilities conform to the stringent requirements of the international standards ISO 9001, ISO 14001, ISO 16949, and OHSAS 18001. The company supplies its products to the Russian assembly lines of DAIMLER KAMAZ RUS, KZ ROSTSELMASH, DERWAYS AC, KAMAZ, AVTOTOR (Hyundai assembly line), AZ GAZ, UAZ (Sollers), and BELAZ. Consumers of Gazpromneft – Lubricants products include Severstal, Sibur, Gazprom, Evraz, MMK, TMK, NLMK, Rusal, Alrosa, RZD, and other leading industrial enterprises. The range includes 500 brands of oils and lubricants for all market sectors (more than 1,200 items of goods). The company’s products have earned the approval of more than 250 leading equipment manufacturers: BMW, Mercedes-Benz, Volkswagen, Volvo, Renault, General Motors, Cummins, MAN, ZF, KAMAZ, Avtovaz, Bosch Rexroth, and others. The company controls 15% of the Russian lubricant market and also operates in the CIS and the Baltics, Europe, Central and Southeast Asia, Africa, and beyond. In all, the company’s products are sold in more than 60 countries worldwide.