examples of projects financed
Support of disabled people
A summer tent camp was set up for physically challenged children and children from poor families in Liman settlement (Astrakhan Oblast) under the auspices of the local equestrian club. Also, a folk art school called Renaissance was created, and equipment was purchased for studio pottery classes. The granted funds were used to purchase gym equipment in Astrakhan, organize sports groups and hold competitions among the veterans of the war in Afghanistan. A playground was set up in the Astrakhan city hospital for children No. 2 for physical therapy exercises and leisure of the in-patient children.
One of the contest winning projects in the Volgograd Oblast called “No-obstacle environment for visually handicapped people” helped to create the conditions so that blind and visually impaired people can visit the regional library for the blind. Another initiative supported by the contest was the project called “Unlimited Opportunities”. In line with this initiative OAO RITEK financed purchasing of equipment for amateur arts in the Volgograd division of the All-Russian Society of the Deaf.
Environmental Projects
Following the contest, support was provided to the
environmental project within the framework of which children were saving young fishes in 23 water bodies in the Krasny Yar settlement of the Astrakhan Oblast, released hundreds of baby fishes to clean water and cleaned up the litter at the shores. The Environmental Policy Center of the Republic of Kalmykia called “Saving Birds Is Our Duty” conducted a field inspection of 6-10 kW power lines posing danger to birds. The two most dangerous sections were fitted out with bird protection devices
using the granted funds. Further observations demonstrated efficiency of the project: no further bird deaths were registered at the protected sections. The project also familiarized the general public with new achievements and experience in protection of birds from power facilities encouraging active involvement in this challenge.
Culture
The Activities of the Charity Fund “Revival of Astrakhan Organ” are well known in the Astrakhan Oblast. For a decade it has been popularizing classical music (first of all organ music). The grant helped the fund organize charity concerts for handicapped people, orphans, pensioners and poor families. Also, the granted funds were used to organize master classes delivered by famous teachers and musicians to gifted young performers from the Astrakhan Oblast. The fund’s website went online.
EnvIrOnMEntAL InItIAtIvES
EnvIrOnMEntAL MOnItOrInG In tHE nOrtHErn CASPIAn SEA OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft regularly conducts comprehensive environmental monitoring of ecosystem parameters in the Northern Caspian Sea (the total of about 300 parameters), including biotesting and toxicological sampling of the sea water. The situation was externally checked by the Caspian
Scientific Research Institute of Fish Industry that preformed a comprehensive environmental assessment of the ecosystem condition at the license areas. The survey demonstrated that the company’s operations produced no impact on the ecosystems and bioresources. The marine fauna enjoys comparatively favorable living environment, while the food reserves at these areas are absolutely similar to those available in the main sections of the Northern and Middle Caspian Sea. The fish concentration remains unchanged. In addition, satellite monitoring of the sea conditions in the vicinity of Yu. Korchagin field is conducted. The monitoring services were ordered by OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft.
Contest operator submitted for the contestnumber of projects number of winning projects projects were implementedterritories, where the OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft
LUKOIL-CF
ООО LUKOIL Heating Transport Company (LUKOIL-TTK)
and ООО LUKOIL-Astrakhanenergo
2011 – 109
2012 – 140 4346 Republic of Kalmykia Astrakhan Oblast,
OAO RITEK 2012 8 Volgograd Oblast1
Social and Cultural Projects Contest
1 In 2012, the contest in the Volgograd Oblast was held by OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhsknefteprodukt.
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No cases of oil contamination were registered due to the operations at the production facilities.
LUKOIL’s specialists presented their experience in state-of-the-art techniques of geological exploration, preparation of oil and gas fields for commercial development and improvement of industrial and environmental safety at the 3rd International Scientific and Practical Conference named “Cutting-edge hydrocarbon field development technologies and ensuring safety of ecosystems in the Caspian Sea” held in 2012 in Astrakhan.
POSt-ACCIDeNt CLeAN-UP At OOO StAVROLeN
On December 15, 2011 there was a fire outbreak and an explosion registered at OOO Stavrolen in Budennovsk. As part of the post- accident clean-up measures, the air in the enterprise vicinity is constantly monitored. The air was checked for harmful impurities at the industrial site, on the border of the sanitary protection zone, and in the residential areas of Budennovsk and Chkalovsky settlement. Alongside with that, the air condition was monitored by the laboratories of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage. No pollutant concentrations affecting human health were registered there. After implementation of the post-accident clean-up measures the environmental impact was assessed, and the Company paid a compensation to the regional budget that was agreed upon with the administration of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage in Stavropol Krai. The repair and maintenance operations at Stavrolen were completed in autumn 2012.
bIOdIvErSIty
In 2012, LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft joined the UNDP/GEF project named “Biodiversity Preservation as part of the Development Policy and Programs of the Russian Energy Sector”. The 2013 plan includes a range of events to familiarize the project participants with the Company’s environmental programs.
In 2011, LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft financed the activities of young fish artificial breeding. As a result 250 thousand European carps and 10 thousand Russian sturgeons were released into the Volga-Caspian basin.
In cooperation with A.P. Guzhvin Public Environmental Fund the enterprise holds the “Clear Glance” contest of environmental paintings for the schoolchildren from the Astrakhan Oblast. The contest promotes care of the unique ecosystem of the Lower Volga and the Northern Caspian Sea. OOO LUKOIL- Nizhnevolzhskneft provides annual financial support to the Astrakhan festival of fishermen “Vobla”. The Festival aims at promotion of careful attitude to nature and has proved to be the favorite mass holiday for Astrakhan people.
PUbLIC rELAtIOnS
Nearly all the Group organizations operating in the Southern Federal Okrug actively cooperate with scientific, academic and public environmental organizations.
OOO LUKOIL-Nizhnevolzhskneft partners with the Caspian Scientific and Research Institute of Fish Industry, Caspian Marine Scientific Research Center of the Russian Federal Service for Hydrometeorology and Environmental Monitoring, the Caspian Branch of the Russian Academy of Sciences, P.P. Shirshov Institute of Oceanology of the Russian Academy of Sciences. The enterprise supports a number of national parks with whom they launch joint projects (in particular, in 2012 they jointly implemented a project for prevention of fire outbreaks in the delta of the Volga river).
OOO Stavrolen is planning to rehabilitate evaporation ponds. The target sanitary project zone of the enterprise was designed with involvement of the specialists from the Institute of Environmental Medicine and Health Risk Assessment (St. Petersburg) and the research and production company Biosfera (Yessentuki). It was discussed with the Stavropol Krai government, administration of Budennovsk and Budennovsk district, representatives of the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Natural Resource Usage and the Russian Federal Service for Supervision of Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well-Being, as well as with environmental organizations. Public hearings were held twice – concerning the design of a gas processing unit and following the environmental impact assessment performed as part of the project for rehabilitation of OOO Stavrolen evaporation ponds.
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