OREANDA-NEWS. Representatives of the largest Russian oilfield servicing company TNG Group, Bugulma, Tatarstan, visited KAMAZ.

TNG Group’s interest in the Russian leading truck maker is attributable to the fact that the company from Bugulma carries out geological and geophysical operations aimed at exploration and development of oil and gas fields, and KAMAZ develops vehicles for oil and gas production and offers a wide range of versatile and special-purpose trucks to satisfy industry demand.

The guests visited KAMAZ’s engine plant and CUMMINS KAMA Joint Venture based on its premises, saw the mother assembly conveyor of the automobile plant and an exhibition of KAMAZ vehicles. Besides, the delegation visited KAMAZ’s official partners – RariTEK, RIAT, and ASTAIS. RariTEK, a producer of gas equipment for KAMAZ and NEFAZ vehicles, offered an especially interesting program of the visit. Thus, the guests were presented a gas service center of RariTEK, including a stand of the Lincoln Automated Lubrication System, a stand of a power system of a KAMAZ gas engine, a safety system installed on gas tanks. RariTEK’s experts shared their experience in development and production of gas-powered vehicles based on KAMAZ-65115-1865-30, KAMAZ-43114-3861-30, and KAMAZ-5297 chassis, and also showed a city bus NEFAZ-5299-30-31 and a bolster-type tractor KAMAZ-65116-34. Both the exhibits run on methane. The managers of TNG Group were interested in storage, operation and maintenance of gas-powered vehicles, their advantages over diesel analogs.

Besides, the guests were demonstrated a block gas filling station and a mobile service center (a frame membrane shelter) on an open ground. These developments have important features: the gas filling station is in a mobile block, which gives an opportunity to place it and fill up vehicles directly on the premises of motor transport enterprises. And the mobile service center requires no building license, therefore it enables to service vehicles operating away from stationary service centers.

In conclusion of their working visit, the guests conducted negotiations with Evgeny Pronin, Deputy General Director of Sales and Service, at the general directorate of KAMAZ. The parties discussed issues of mutually advantageous cooperation.