The Institute of Oil Transportation (IOT) is a design and engineering company in Ukraine

Ukraine

Ukraine is a country in Eastern Europe. It has an area of 603,628 km², making it the second largest contiguous country on the European continent, after Russia...

. It specialises in the transportation, handling, storage and distribution of crude oil and petroleum product

Petroleum product

Petroleum products are useful materials derived from crude oil as it is processed in oil refineries.According to crude oil composition and demand, refineries can produce different shares of petroleum products. The largest share of oil products is used as energy carriers: various grades of fuel...

s in Ukraine and the Commonwealth of Independent States

Commonwealth of Independent States

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.

History

• March 1944 - April 1951 - Ukrainian Branch of "NefteprovodProekt" Trust
• April 1951 - May 1958 - Kyiv Branch of "GiproTransNeft" Institute
• May 1958 - March 1965 - Kyiv Branch of "GiproTruboprovod" Institute
• March 1965 - January 1973 - "YuzhGiproTruboprovod" State Institute
• January 1973 - September 1994 - "YuzhGiproNefteprovod" State Institute
• September 1994 - September 1995 - Institute of Oil Transportation
• Since September 1995 - "Institute of Oil Transportation" (IOT), Public Joint-Stock Company.

Services

• Exploratory design, integrated design works and construction engineering support, reconstruction and the updating of main pipelines
  Pipeline transport
  Pipeline transport is the transportation of goods through a pipe. Most commonly, liquids and gases are sent, but pneumatic tubes that transport solid capsules using compressed air are also used....
  
   used for any purpose.
• Oil pumping stations, tank farms for oil and oil product storage, petroleum storage depots, onshore and sea trans-shipping complexes, buildings, structures and utilities for pipeline transportation.
• Engineering surveys for the design of construction and operation facilities.
• Technical inspection of existing facilities including making environmental impact assessment
  Environmental impact assessment
  An environmental impact assessment is an assessment of the possible positive or negative impact that a proposed project may have on the environment, together consisting of the natural, social and economic aspects....
  
  s and the development of remedial maintenance, renewal and upgrading recommendations.
• Data bank creation based on geoinformation
  Geoinformation
  Geoinformation is an abbreviation of geographic information. Geographic information is created by manipulating geographic data in a computerized system. Systems can include computers and networks, standards and protocols for data use and exchange between users within a range of different...
  
   technologies and the safety integrated systems of main pipelines.
• Expert and consulting services concerning the functioning and progressing of pipeline transportation.

ISO Certification

The company improvement system was certified in full conformity with ISO 9001:2000

ISO 9000

The ISO 9000 family of standards relates to quality management systems and is designed to help organizations ensure they meet the needs of customers and other stakeholders . The standards are published by ISO, the International Organization for Standardization, and available through National...

 Standard. This system includes an environmental management system and in consequence the company received the corresponding ISO 14001:2004

ISO 14000

The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exist to help organizations minimize how their operations negatively affect the environment The ISO 14000 environmental management standards exist to help organizations (a) minimize how their operations (processes etc.) negatively affect the...

Certificate of conformity.

Achievements

• Winner of the All-Ukrainian competition for quality "Champion of champions for quality of 10- anniversary" in the category of "The development of partnership"(2005)

• Certificate - "Recognized for excellent in Europe" by the European Fund for Quality Management. Registered in the yearly Catalog of the Best Enterprises in Europe (2005 г.)
• Winner of the 4th Ukrainian National Quality Competition (1999)
• Finalist in the 3rd Ukrainian National Quality Competition (1998), nominated as Big Business
• Participant of the European Quality Award
• Member of the Ukrainian Quality Leaders' Club since 1998

External links

• Official web-page
• Portfolio