As part of Volga Day, employees of Rosneft enterprises held a large-scale environmental event in Samara and Saratov. Volunteers cleaned more than 140,000 square metres of shoreline along Russia’s great river, removing 50 cubic metres of household waste and debris carried by the current.

During the campaign, employees from the Samaraneftegaz, Kuibyshev, Novokuibyshevsk and Saratov refineries, the Novokuibyshevsk Petrochemical Company and the Novokuibyshevsk Oils and Additives Plant also landscaped coastal areas in the recreational zones of Samara and Saratov.

Environmental volunteering forms an integral part of the corporate culture of Rosneft’s subsidiaries. The Samara group of enterprises has been running volunteer campaigns for several years to collect plastic lids, waste paper and batteries and other environmental initiatives.

Water conservation is an important part of the Company’s environmental work. The Company’s subsidiaries pay great attention to measures aimed at improving wastewater treatment efficiency, developing a recycled water supply system and the rational utilisation and restoration of water resources.

Samaraneftegaz is implementing a comprehensive programme to conserve natural resources. To maintain reservoir pressure, the enterprise has stopped taking water from surface water bodies completely, and now only uses recycled water in production.

The Kuibyshev Refinery is carrying out projects to modernise its production facilities, including its treatment facilities. The share of recycled water in the enterprise’s water supply reached 91.5% by 2024 due to the reconstruction of recycled water supply units, water intake and water pipelines.

Over the past five years, the Novokuibyshevsk Refinery has reduced its wastewater volume by 45%. The refinery has increased its utilisation of recycled water to 96% and reduced its intake of river water by 10.6% thanks to the operation of a membrane bioreactor at the treatment facilities throughout the year.

The Saratov Refinery has also been working hard to reduce its water consumption. Over the past five years, it has reduced its intake of natural water by 57.3%. The Syzran Refinery is reducing its intake of water from natural sources for production purposes. The proportion of recycled water used by the enterprise was 95.6% at the end of 2024. The construction and commissioning of recycled water supply units at the Novokuibyshevsk Oils and Additives Plant increased the proportion of recycled water supplied to 95%.

Rosneft’s subsidiaries are working systematically to replenish the Volga basin’s aquatic bioresources. In 2024, the Company released more than 430,000 fish fry, including the valuable sterlet species, into the Volga.

The effectiveness of the environmental policy of Rosneft’s enterprises in Volga Federal District has been repeatedly recognized at regional and national competitions. Enterprises have won the «Leader of Environmental Protection in Russia» competition many times over the years.

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May 23, 2025