To celebrate Oil and Gas Workers’ Day, Rosneft’s teams across the country organised a variety of significant social events and campaigns.

These initiatives aim to develop public infrastructure and implement educational, environmental, cultural and sporting projects. Many of these events have become cherished traditions, bringing together oil workers, community organisation representatives, and local residents.

In towns and cities where Rosneft operates, Oil Workers’ Day has become one of the most significant events in the local calendar. The celebration has become an open forum that brings together people of different generations and fosters a sense of unity and pride in the work of oil professionals.

To mark the 90th anniversary of the start of commercial oil production in the Samara Region, staff at Samaraneftgaz have restored the monument to the first well and landscaped the surrounding area in the Syzran District. The first tonnes of the Volga Region’s ‘black gold’ were extracted here, marking the beginning of the region’s oil industry development.

The Syzran Oil Refinery organised a creative area featuring life-size figures of animals listed in the Red Data Book and under the protection of Rosneft. Guests were invited to take part in masterclasses, during which they had the chance to decorate a figurine of a polar bear – Rosneft’s symbol – to take home as a souvenir.

To mark the professional holiday, Orenburgneft organised a series of creative and sporting events in the Orenburg Region. A family festival called ‘Our Own, Our Beloved’ was held in a park in the town of Buzuluk. Guests took part in relay races and creative workshops, and completed quizzes. Oil industry workers and their families also took part in a themed cycle ride, wearing oil industry-themed gear. They played Russian lapta and competed in a five-a-side football tournament and an athletics race.

Volunteers from the Saratov Oil Refinery organised a tour of the refinery museum for schoolchildren, where they learnt about the oil industry. They also held a quiz called ‘Made from Oil’, testing the children’s knowledge of objects and products containing refined oil.

In Ryazan, employees of the Ryazan Oil Refining Company and Ryazannefteprodukt joined forces with local residents and young volunteers to organise a campaign to make the city more green. In the garden of the environmental education library, the oil industry workers planted shrubs and perennials. The campaign concluded with an environmental workshop, during which a biologist introduced young naturalists to the animals and birds inhabiting Ryazan’s forests.

Bashneft organised themed sporting events. The enterprise’s volunteers contributed to improving Bashkortostan’s capital by clearing litter from green areas and planting young elm and rowan trees. The Ufa branch of the corporate research institute held competitions in eight different sports. Employees from Rosneft’s subsidiaries competed in beach volleyball, basketball, athletics, chess and powerlifting, among other disciplines.

Udmurtneft organised a family sports festival for oil industry workers from across Udmurtia. The competitors took part in ten sports, including five-a-side football, basketball, running, tug-of-war, kettlebell lifting, GTO fitness tests and more. A women’s volleyball tournament was held as part of the annual festival for the first time.

In the Leningrad Region, RN-Severo-Zapad volunteers organised an educational event at the ‘City of Professions’ for young people at the Vsevolozhsk Social Centre. The children learnt how petrol stations operate, how mobile laboratories work, and how fuel quality is monitored. They also had the opportunity to try their hand at being laboratory assistants and carry out experiments. Alongside the Company’s mascot, a white life-size bear, the children baked cakes at the Zerno café, located next to the children’s petrol station.

With the support of RN-Yuganskneftegaz, a large sports complex has opened in Nefteyugansk, in the Khanty-Mansi Autonomous District – Yugra. The three-storey building covers an area of around 13,000 square metres and houses acrobatics halls, an athletics hall, changing rooms, showers, judges’ rooms and stands. Enterprise volunteers also organised a creative competition, the Oil Professions, for pupils in Rosneft Classes, Movement of the Firsts activists, and children from the city’s social centre.

Samotlorneftegaz organised a series of festive events in Nizhnevartovsk. A themed venue was set up in Samotlor’s capital, offering masterclasses and interactive games and activities for people of all ages. More than 1,500 people enjoyed an engaging and active holiday there. Samotlorneftegaz also held the Unity Cup’ a corporate athletics competition for employees of the Company’s subsidiaries in the Nizhnevartovsk metropolitan area.

Oil workers have planted lilac trees in areas linked to the history of the development of Samotlor and the city’s modern life. Avenues of young shrubs have been planted near the First Exploration Well R-1 of the Samotlor Field memorial complex and on the Ob River embankment, which was renovated by Rosneft.

With the support of RN-Uvatneftegaz, a modern play centre has opened in the administrative centre of the Uvat District in the Tyumen Region. The children’s playground is located in Oil Workers’ Park, which is being renovated with the enterprise’s involvement. In addition, volunteers from the enterprise took part in the "Eight Cities. Tyumen" charity run, which supports projects that aim to create an inclusive sporting environment and develop accessible amateur sports for people with disabilities.

Tyumenneftegaz organised a festive event at the restored wooden fort, which dates back to the time of Yermak. Participants immersed themselves in folk traditions, competing in traditional sports, weaving wreaths from wildflowers, and learning the craft of carpet-making.

RN-Vankor organised a Little Oil Worker’s Day event for children in the Krasnoyarsk Territory. Participants in the ‘Town of Professions’ quest visited 20 locations where enterprise staff introduced them to the specifics of professions in the oil industry and the relevant equipment, and carried out hands-on experiments. RN-Vankor also held sports competitions including five-a-side football, volleyball, streetball, tennis, table tennis, chess, draughts, kettlebell lifting, triathlon and tug-of-war.

The annual Oil Character competition took place at the Vostsibneftegaz field in Evenkia. Employees competed for the title of Yurubcheno-Tokhomskoye field champion in ten disciplines, including chess, table tennis, kettlebell lifting, volleyball, five-a-side football, basketball, e-sports, and more.

In Achinsk, young professionals from the Achinsk Oil Refinery joined forces with pupils from the Rosneft Classes and the local branch of the Movement of the Firsts to organise a family festival for the town’s residents. The event featured themed areas and entertainment programmes. The festive concert included performances by various artistic groups, including participants in the Energy of Talent festival.

To mark its 40th anniversary, RN-Purneftegaz organised an interactive exhibition, the Pioneer Museum for residents and visitors to the town of Gubkinsky. The grand opening took place in the town centre. The exhibition recreates the daily lives and working routines of the pioneering oil workers who founded the town in the Yamal tundra.

With the support of Kharampurneftegaz, traditional sports competitions were held in the Kharampur settlement. The programme included traditional Forest Nenets contests such as jumping over sledge runners, throwing the tynzyan onto the khorey and a stick-pulling contest. There was also a friendly football match between teams of oil workers and villagers. Participants in the event also planted trees on the Oil Workers’ Avenue.

SevKomNeftegaz organised a corporate tourism festival at the Kochevnik Ethnopark. Oil industry workers and their families took part in sports and tourism competitions, as well as workshops on painting, modelling, and craft-making.

Rosneft’s Design Institute in Tomsk organised a two-week marathon for runners and cyclists. This culminated in the large-scale Energy of Life sports festival, which took place outdoors at one of the city’s largest stadiums.

Taas-Yuryakh Neftegazdobycha helped organise a sports festival in the Yakut settlement of Taas-Yuryakh. Oil workers and villagers competed against each other in volleyball, relay races and mas-wrestling. The highlight was a cookery competition.

Volunteers from the Komsomolsk Oil Refinery gave a group of secondary school pupils from various towns and villages across the Khabarovsk Territory a tour. The pupils had the opportunity to explore the region’s flagship oil and gas enterprise and gain insight into in-demand professions. At the enterprise museum, they learnt about the main stages in the refinery’s development and took part in a team quiz ‘What do you know about oil?’.

Sakhalinmorneftegaz-Shelf organised a charity campaign among its employees to support a project providing hippotherapy for disabled children at an equestrian club. Additionally, in collaboration with the Sakhalin Ministry of Culture, the oil workers launched the Mosaic of Cultures project, which introduces children to the cultural heritage of the region’s peoples. Furthermore, with the company’s support, the 10th Living Spring relay festival of national cultures commenced in the Khabarovsk Territory. This event showcases the rich traditions of the peoples of the Amur Region and highlights the interweaving of cultures and continuity across generations.

Ceremonial gatherings were held across Rosneft’s workplaces, where state, industry, regional and corporate awards were presented to employees who have made significant contributions to the development of the oil and gas sector.

Department of Information and Advertising
Rosneft
September 7, 2026

Keywords: Social news 2026