The International Association of Oil Transporters
Since 2015, Transneft has been a member of the International Association of Oil Transporters (IAOT), founded in 2013 in the Czech Republic.
The International Association of Oil Transporters was established to coordinate the efforts of its members aimed at effective development of their oil transportation systems with the purpose of having a more stable oil transportation. The crucial purposes of the IAOT are comprehensive assistance in ensuring uninterrupted supply of oil and petroleum products to international energy markets, as well as the development of relations between the participants of the association at the national, regional and international levels.
The association holds regular meetings of the Governing Board and permanent expert groups, technical visits to pipeline facilities of the association members.
Operating permanent expert groups:
- For supplies.
- For energy efficiency.
- For legal issues.
- For efficient, reliable and safe operation of oil trunk pipelines.
In 2020, two meetings of the Governing Board were held in absentia. A decision was made to implement the Centre of Excellence pilot project, which provides for the annual organisation of weekly courses in Prague (Czech Republic) on specialized topics for specialists and managers of operational and commodity-transport divisions of the IAOT companies.
Meetings of the permanent expert groups of the IAOT on energy efficiency and operation were held in the format of a videoconference. The IAOT conference on the issues of uninterrupted operation of oil transportation infrastructure under the conditions of the COVID-19 pandemic was held online.