On 16 February 2016, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov visited Nizhnekamsk Municipal District. During the visit, the President studied the activities of the Nizhnekamsk Petrochemical and Oil Refining College. He was accompanied by Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister Industry and Trade Albert Karimov, Tatarstan Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education and Science Engel Fattakhov, and Head of Nizhnekamsk Municipal District and Mayor of Nizhnekamsk Aidar Metshin.
The guests were shown into the existing advanced laboratories and workshops. The total amount of RUB 29 million was allocated to equip the Resource Centre and to purchase new equipment for it, with TANECO and Nizhnekamskneftekhim contributing a lot to the Centre modernisation process.