1. From the editors

   EditorialNotes Pages: 229 - 229

2. Strategic priorities of the Russian oil and gas complex

   • M. I. Levinbuk
   • S. D. Netesanov
   • E. V. Sizova

   OriginalPaper Pages: 230 - 244

3. Oil refining in Russia: Current status and prospects

   • M. G. Rudin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 245 - 249

4. Alkylation of benzene with higher olefins on heterogeneous catalysts

   • P. N. Borutskii
   • E. G. Kozlova
   • A. A. Shatovkin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 250 - 261

5. Modern domestic reforming catalysts for gasoline fractions

   • V. B. Maryshev
   • B. V. Krasii

   OriginalPaper Pages: 262 - 267

6. Production of aromatic acids and the utilization of polychlorobiphenyls dioxin-like dielectrics by means of aryl halide carbonylation

   • T. E. Zhesko
   • V. P. Boyarskii
   • G. F. Tereshchenko

   OriginalPaper Pages: 268 - 272

7. The cumene process for phenol-acetone production

   • V. M. Zakoshansky

   OriginalPaper Pages: 273 - 284

8. Development and improvement of extraction and combination processes for the separation and purification of petroleum products

   • A. A. Gaile
   • V. E. Somov
   • L. L. Koldobskaya

   OriginalPaper Pages: 285 - 287

9. Carbonization of heavy residues of different origin

   • E. Yu. Kharitonova
   • A. R. Karaev
   • A. I. Elshin

   OriginalPaper Pages: 288 - 298

10. Manufacture of asphalts of different brands by compounding vacuum residue with natural asphaltite

    • D. A. Rozental’
    • A. M. Syroezhko
    • R. V. Ralis

    OriginalPaper Pages: 299 - 300

11. The history of the Department of the Technology of Petrochemical and the Coal Chemical Industry of the St. Petersburg State Institute of Technology

    • V. M. Potekhin

    OriginalPaper Pages: 301 - 304

12. Academician Nikolai Al’fredovich Plate (1934–2007)

    Obituary Pages: 305 - 306

13. The Cumene Process for Phenol—Acetone Production

    • V. M. Zakoshansky

    Publisher’s Erratum Pages: 307 - 307