On 29 January 2016, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov held a meeting with the heads of small oil companies of Tatarstan. The meeting was attended by Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, Director General of FBU State Commission on Mineral Reserves Igor Shpurov, top executives of PAO Tatneft, small oil companies of Tatarstan and ministries and agencies.
In 2015, small oil companies produced 7.1 million tonns of oil. Some 367.7 thousand meters of rocks have been drilled.