E.KH. VEKILOV
Bureau Member of the Veterans Council of NK Rosneft PJSC, Chairman of the editorial committee of the collected volume VETERANS of NK Rosneft PJSC.

Candidate of Geological and Mineralogical Sciences, Honored Member of Scientific and Technical Society of Oil and Gas Men, Honored Ecologist of Russia.
Having started his career as a Workman of a geophysical field crew, Eduard Khorenovich eventually created and headed the first in the USSR independent structure of federal significance for environmental protection during hydrocarbon deposits exploration and development.
Being one of the pioneers of environmental safety movement for the offshore oil and gas production, E.Kh. Vekilov organized an effective environmental service for offshore facilities of the USSR Ministry of Geology and the USSR Ministry of Gas Industry (from the beginning of the 80s named the USSR Ministry of Oil and Gas Industry). This environmental and industrial safety management system formed the basis for the relevant departments of modern companies. He is one of the founders of the environmental service of NK Rosneft PJSC. E.Kh. Vekilov retired in 2003 as a Head of the Department for Environmental and Industrial Safety of NK Rosneft PJSC, but continued working as an expert in the environmental service, being one of the initiators and organizers of scientific and production conferences of Scientific and Technical Society of Oil and Gas Men on environmental protection. E.Kh. Vekilov participated in the state environmental appraisal of many oil and gas projects.
Honored Worker of the Ministry of Fuel and Energy of Russia, Excellent Worker of Mingazprom. He has many certificates of honor and medals, including international ones. Winner of the State Prize of the USSR, Winner of the I.M. Gubkin Prize, Honored Ecologist of the Russian Federation.