Kinef

Kinef (Kirishinefteorgsintez, acronym for Kirishi petroleum organic synthesis) is a Russian joint stock production association operating a large oil refinery based in Kirishi, Leningrad Oblast. It is a subsidiary of Surgutneftegaz. The Kirishi refinery is the only one in Northwestern Russia.

Construction of the refinery had begun in 1961 in an area devastated by World War II. The first oil products were produced in 1966. By 1972, the Kirishi refinery had been one of the five largest in the Soviet Union. In 1987 Kirishineftekhimexport subdivision of Kirishinefteorgsintez was founded to conduct external economic activity of the company. In 1991 it became an independent state-owned enterprise, but continued trading for Kirishinefteorgsintez.

In 1993 the refinery became a part of the Surgutneftegaz JSC.

Management

Management Committee (as of January 2007):
*Vadim Somov (Director General since May 311994, Vice President of Surgutneftegaz)
*Grigory Zalishchevsky (Director for Technology)
*Nikolai Laptev (First Deputy Director General for Economic Development)
*Alexander Nosakin (Deputy Director General for Production and Realization)
*Alexander Mamrov (Deputy Director General for External Economic Activity)
*Lyudmila Peslya (Deputy Director General for Personnel)
*Vladislav Yakubovsky (Deputy Director General for Transportation)
*Boris Kabanov (Deputy Director General for Repair and Reconstruction)
*Vladimir Turlyay (Deputy Director General for Facilities)
*Vladimir Svechnikov (Deputy Director General for Welfare Development)
*Alexander Krylov (Deputy Director General for Information Security and Foreign Cooperation)

External links

* [http://www.kinef.ru/info_main.php Official site] (in Russian)