Zavod Slantsy OAO (former names: ''Gazoslantsevyi zavod'' and ''Slantsepererabatyvayushiy zavod Slantsy'', ) is a

petrochemical Petrochemicals (sometimes abbreviated as petchems) are the chemical products obtained from petroleum by refining. Some chemical compounds made from petroleum are also obtained from other fossil fuels, such as coal or natural gas, or renewable s ...

company based in

Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast Slantsy ( "Oil shales") is a types of inhabited localities in Russia, town and the administrative center of Slantsevsky District in Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Plyussa River, west of Saint Petersburg, St. Petersburg. Populati ...

Russia Russia, or the Russian Federation, is a country spanning Eastern Europe and North Asia. It is the list of countries and dependencies by area, largest country in the world, and extends across Time in Russia, eleven time zones, sharing Borders ...

. The company was established in 1945 to supply Leningrad with

oil shale gas Oil shale gas (also: retort gas or retorting gas) is a synthetic non-condensable gas mixture (syngas) produced by oil shale thermal processing (pyrolysis). Although often referred to as shale gas, it differs from the natural gas produced from shal ...

synthetic gas Syngas, or synthesis gas, is a mixture of hydrogen and carbon monoxide in various ratios. The gas often contains some carbon dioxide and methane. It is principally used for producing ammonia or methanol. Syngas is combustible and can be used as ...

produced by

oil shale Oil shale is an organic-rich Granularity, fine-grained sedimentary rock containing kerogen (a solid mixture of Organic compound, organic chemical compounds) from which liquid hydrocarbons can be produced. In addition to kerogen, general compos ...

pyrolysis Pyrolysis is a process involving the Bond cleavage, separation of covalent bonds in organic matter by thermal decomposition within an Chemically inert, inert environment without oxygen. Etymology The word ''pyrolysis'' is coined from the Gree ...

. In 1952, the first unit of a 75 MW oil shale-fired power plant and the first stage of the oil shale gas extraction plant was commissioned. Since 1955 until 2000 the plant produced

shale oil Shale oil is an unconventional oil produced from oil shale rock fragments by pyrolysis, hydrogenation, or thermal dissolution. These processes convert the organic matter within the rock (kerogen) into synthetic oil and gas. The resulting oil c ...

using Kiviter technology. In addition, it produced other chemical products from oil shale. Oil shale was supplied by the mining company

Leningradslanets OAO Leningradslanets () was an oil-shale-mining company based in Slantsy, Leningrad Oblast, Russia. The main task of Leningradslanets was to supply oil shale for ''Zavod Slantsy''. The company was established in 1934. At the same year, the Kir ...

. In 1970, the company started

petroleum coke Petroleum coke, abbreviated coke, pet coke or petcoke, is a final carbon-rich solid material that derives from oil refinery, oil refining, and is one type of the group of fuels referred to as Coke (fuel), cokes. Petcoke is the coke that, in parti ...

tempering. Zavod Slantsy was reorganization from Slantsepererabatyvayushiy zavod Slantsy in 1993. In 1998, the 75 MW thermal power plant was converted from oil shale to

natural gas Natural gas (also fossil gas, methane gas, and gas) is a naturally occurring compound of gaseous hydrocarbons, primarily methane (95%), small amounts of higher alkanes, and traces of carbon dioxide and nitrogen, hydrogen sulfide and helium ...

. The company continued produce shale oil until June 2003. As of today, the company produces polymeric

petroleum resin A hydrocarbon resin is a C5/C9 aromatic hydrocarbon that is used in industrial applications. It has a tackifying effect and is suitable for use in paint, printing ink, adhesives, rubber and other areas where tackiness is required.

and distillates, petroleum coke tempering and gas condensate refining.

Rosimushchestvo The Federal Agency for State Property Management (Rosimushchestvo) () is a subdivision of the Russian Ministry of Economic Development that manages Russia's federal state property. History The agency was formed by a presidential decree, No.314, ...

controls 41.75% shares (55.7% of votes) of the company while

Viktor Vekselberg Viktor Felixovich Vekselberg (born April 14, 1957) is a Russian-Israeli businessman and oligarch. He is the founder and chairman of Renova Group, a Russian conglomerate. According to ''Forbes'', as of November 2021, his fortune is estimated at ...

Renova Group Renova Group is a Russian conglomerate (company), conglomerate with interests in aluminium, oil, energy, telecoms and a variety of other sectors. The main owner and president is Viktor Vekselberg who founded the company in 1990. The Renova Grou ...

controls 40% since 2007. Rosimushchestvo have tried several times to sell its stake. The new auction is scheduled for 7 December 2012. In November 2011,

Arbitration Court at Saint Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry The Arbitration Court is an independent permanent court under the St. Petersburg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Russia. The Arbitration Court is engaged in settlement of economic disputes on civil matters, those to be referred to arbitration cou ...

based on the lawsuit filed by

Gazprom PJSC Gazprom ( rus, Газпром, , ɡɐsˈprom) is a Russian State-owned enterprise, majority state-owned multinational Energy industry, energy corporation headquartered in the Lakhta Center in Saint Petersburg. The Gazprom name is a contract ...

, started a supervisory procedure on Zavod Slantsy.

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