Historically, the development of oil refining industry in Tatarstan was determined by its economic efficiency. Possessing huge reserves of hydrocarbon feedstock, the Republic - a leader in oil production in the USSR – for half a century supplied feedstock to other regions of the Union and abroad.  The lack of crucial processing facilities impacted the regional economy in general and, as a consequence, the development of the entire country

 

In 2011, after the incorporation of JSC Makoil, the company intermediately implemented the configuration of JSC-Makoil Heavy Residue Conversion Complex was determined, which implied implementation of a heavy oil residue processing technology on the basis of a Veba Combi Cracking (VCC) process. The project aimed at improvement of crude conversion depth while increasing the yield of light oil products.