A delegation from the Republic of Iraq headed by Minister of Oil Ihsan Abdel Jabbar Ismail is on a two-day visit to Tatarstan.
As part of their visit, the delegation met had a meeting with Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov.
President Minnikhanov stressed that a number of Tatarstan’s enterprises have rich experience of work in Iraq. First of all, Tatneft had opened a representative office in Iraq as far back as 1999. The company is an active participant of the Oil for Food humanitarian programme of the United Nations in which it supplied tyres.
Today, Tatneft is ready to continue exploring the opportunity of entering oil and gas projects in Iraq and participate in official tenders announced by its state agencies. Tatneft’s qualification with the Iraqi Oil Ministry was initiated at the end of 2019.
In turn, Ihsan Ismail noted Tatarstan’s great experience in oil production, refining, and petrochemicals. The minister stressed that Iraq is interested in developing mutually beneficial relations in this sphere.
As part of his visit to Tatarstan, the Iraqi oil minister paid a visit to the Kazan Federal University. He also visited the city of Almetyevsk, where he toured the Tatneft Competence Centre, the TANECO complex, and the city of Naberezhnye Chelny to see KAMAZ facilities.