On 19th March a ceremony of presentation of awards to the laureates of the National Prize “Energy of Russia - 2003” was held in Moscow which was instituted by the Moscow International Oil and Gas Club and the RusEnergy Agency.
Friday, March 19, 2004
On 19th March a ceremony of presentation of awards to the laureates of the National Prize “Energy of Russia - 2003” was held in Moscow which was instituted by the Moscow International Oil and Gas Club and the RusEnergy Agency. The prizes and diplomas were presented to companies, managers, statesmen and public figures who made most significant contribution last year to the development of oil and gas industry of Russia.
The most important results of the activities of the Russian oil and gas companies during the last year were marked by professional awards unofficially called “Oil Oscar”. The council of experts composed of leading scientists of the industry, eminent politicians, experts of the investment companies named the laureates of the National Prize “Energy of Russia - 2003”. Among the major nominations there are “Company of the Year”, “Manager of the Year”, “Project of the Year”, “ Man of the Year”, “Development of foreign business” and others.
The laureates of the prize “Energy of Russia - 2003” were awarded honorary diplomas as well as prizes in the form of an oil rig made by well-known jewelers of precious metals and gems.
OAO Stroytransgaz became the winner in the nomination “Development of foreign business”. Last year the Company implemented a number of large pipeline projects, namely in Kazakhstan, and concluded unexampled agreement with the American company “Key Energy” for sending Russian drill men to work in the United States of America and this was the first agreement of this type in the history of Russian-American cooperation.
During receipt of the honorary diploma and prize of the laureate of the National Prize the First Vice-President Evgeny Lavrentiev stressed the strategic importance and further perspectives of activities of Russian companies in the oil and gas development market of CIS in general and Kazakhstan in particular:
“I think that construction of the Kenkiyak – Atyrau crude oil pipeline in Kazakhstan is the first step made by Stroytransgaz which opens for the Russian contracting organizations a wide front and promising perspectives for activities in Kazakhstan and CIS. I am sure that we shall use this opportunity and together with the colleagues will develop this market and strengthen those ties which were traditional with us in Kazakhstan till now.
Implementation of the Kenkiyak – Atyrau project became a particular kind of creative laboratory for testing and introduction of new technologies which were not used in the field of oil and gas development in Kazakhstan and it is the first actual example of renewal of equal cooperation between Russia and Kazakhstan in the energy sphere”.
Present during the ceremony were high ranking officials of a numbers of ministries and agencies, members of the Council of the Federal Assembly, deputies of the State Duma of the Russian Federation, leaders of the Russian business association, representatives of the Diplomatic Corps.
The fact of being named the laureate of the National Prize “Energy of Russia - 2003” is the evidence of high appreciation of the results of the activities of the Company, its achievements and perspectives in the market of oil and gas development.
