The MOE reports of the incident were reported.

According to preliminary data, victims and victims aren’t present. As reported in Bashneft, cotton on the territory of Ufaorgsintez is the result of the operation of a safety diaphragm on the pressure in the system for the production of polyethylene.

This situation is regular and is not classified as accidents. As reported earlier, Market report, recently there was a fire At the plant “Bashneft-Ufa oil refinery” (a subsidiary of Bashneft). Because of the fire the plant operation suspended. “Ufaorgsintez” produces phenol, acetone, synthetic ethylene-propylene rubber, polyethylene of high and low pressure, polypropylene. “Bashneft” is the parent company of the group of Bashkir FEC. In the Bashneft Group includes three refineries, OJSC Ufaneftekhim, OJSC “Ufa oil refinery“, OJSC NOVOIL and petrochemical plant Ufaorgsintez.

The installed capacity of the two facilities is 24.1 million tonnes of hydrocarbons per year. OJSC Ufaorgsintez is a major producer of phenol, acetone, high-density polyethylene (LDPE) and polypropylene (PP). The company focuses on oil production in Bashkiria, Western Siberia and the Orenburg region. Supplies oil to the domestic market and for export.