2009 Annual Report - Rompetrol.com

port platform, in terms of specific analyses of imported/exported
oil products through the port. The Environment Laboratories have
become an alternative more and more requested by companies
from Dobrogea region, for monitoring specific environment
factors (waters, air, soil), but also from other regions of the country,
while currently analyses are performed for customers from regions
like Banat, Muntenia, Oltenia and Southern Moldova.
The types of analyses performed by Rompetrol Quality Control
S.R.L. are:
• Complete oil products analyses (crude oil, gasoline, diesel
oils, LPG, kerosene, petroleum cuts, coke and petroleum sulfur,
ecological fuels - biodiesel and bioethanol, bitumen, etc.)
• Complete water analyses (contaminated chemical water,
processing water, drinkable water, drainage water, cooling water,
softened water, desalting water, boiler water, swimming-pool
water, steam, condense water, underground water, etc.)
• Complete soil analyses (industrial soils, agricultural soils, and
industrial mud)
• Complete air analyses (physical and chemical toxic substances
from the working places air and from protected areas by
determining the corresponding concentrations)
• Explosion metering analyses (determination of explosion hazard
potential when working with open fire in industrial spaces and
closed vessels)
• Medical and bio-toxicological analyses (for quantitative and
qualitative determination of various specific components)
• Analysis of physical and chemical toxic emissions at working
places (by observing the provisions of the applicable labor
protection norms)
• Analyses of weather factors, environment and specific
microclimates
• Chemical analyses on metal materials
RQC Net Revenues
(thousand RON)
20,000
16,000
12,000
8,000
4,000
0
16,547
18,652
16,668
17,107
19,004
20,079
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
(budgeted)
The results obtained by RQC, determined by the accuracy of the
processes and the results of the performed analyses contributed
to the conclusion of partnerships with significant companies
from varied activity fields. Despite the global financial downturn,
RQC recorded in 2009 a positive evolution of its turnover and its
financial results. Also, since the beginning of 2009, the company
has managed to develop and carry on its business activities thus
proving its solvability and raising the trust of its shareholders.
2010 Key Objectives:
• expand our range of services by adding new types of analyses:
• analyses on marine sediments - the Company identified the
potential to perform new types of analyses on marine sediments
starting with 2010 based on its previous work done on the same
samples (2008-2009).
• water and soil analyses included in the organic certification
process - in order to meet the European and national laws, the
organic certification process requires monitoring the quality of
the environment (water and soil) through laboratory analyses, for
a three years period, process which is financed by the EU who aims
to stimulate organic farming. RQC targets to attract customers
involved in the biocertification process in order to assist them by
performing the demanded analyses.
• european legislation and environmental authorizations require
for all companies to make environmental analysis periodically.
RQC is targeting the entire network of hypermarkets at national
level: CARREFOUR, REAL, METRO.
• the development of business activity refers not only to new types of
analyses, but also to new types of activities. In 2010, RQC intends to
develop a training activity with courses for other companies’ personnel
which work with equipments under explosive exposure. These
companies need an authorization to be able to use this kind of devices,
authorization which is obtained after a specific training program. The
Company aims to specialize its personnel to be able to offer this type of
services, for which there are only 2 competitors on the specific market
situated in Bucharest and Petrosani (extreme west Romania).
• maintenance and extension of the accreditation and
acknowledgement for the new analysis methods and quantitative
and qualitative inspection services for petroleum products and
environment in order to consolidate the relations with the third-party
clients already existing in the portfolio and to attract new customers.
• develop new opportunities in order to grow the profitability of our
Company and the percentage of the turnover from third-party
customers.
Dynamics of revenues from third party customers
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(percent)
15
14
13
12
11
10
9
8
7
6
5
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
(budgeted)