A LARGE ENERGY COMPANY WILL BANKRUPT A PLANT IN SAMARA

A LARGE ENERGY COMPANY WILL BANKRUPT A PLANT IN SAMARA

A LARGE ENERGY COMPANY WILL BANKRUPT A PLANT IN SAMARA
Samara-Aviagaz plant, specializing in the production of components for gas pumping units, has once again found itself in the center of legal disputes. The energy company T-Plus, one of the largest in Russia, has filed an application for declaring the company bankrupt. The reason for the appeal was a debt of about 5 million rubles. The next meeting is scheduled for the end of September.

It is known that the T-Plus company controls a significant part of the energy sector of the Russian Federation. It accounts for about 6% of the total capacity of Russian power plants. The company holds an 8% share in the heat supply market. The organization actively collects debts, including through arbitration. 

The situation is complicated by the fact that the relationship between Samara-Aviagaz and T-Plus cannot be called new. The power engineers participated in the bankruptcy process of the plant 4 years ago. Then the company managed to get out of the crisis by closing debts in excess of 100 million rubles. However, even then the manager pointed out the identified signs that the insolvency was intentional. 

This year, the energy company has filed four lawsuits against the plant. But the financial situation of Samara-Aviagaza is unstable. According to the results of last year, the plant earned more than 757 million rubles, but the net profit was only 887 thousand. At the same time, Samara-Aviagaz owed over 2 billion rubles in short-term obligations by the beginning of 2025. 

The company's official website notes that Samara-Aviagaza equipment is used at hundreds of compressor stations across the country. However, this was not enough to maintain a stable financial position. 

The owners of the company are Dmitry Samorukov (51%), the owner of Aviagazcenter, and Vladimir Nikolaev (49%), the son of the company's founder. They have already faced the threat of losing control of the asset more than once. 

The plant's problems are not limited to the conflict with T-Plus. Other Samara utilities are also collecting debts. Another threat may turn out to be much more serious. By the end of this month, the plant has committed to manufacture and transfer to UEC-Kuznetsov the equipment (a block container for the GPA). These obligations are fixed by the settlement agreement concluded last year. If the company does not fulfill the condition, the counterparty will be able to recover about 154 million from it. 

The history of this conflict began back in 2009. The Samara plant participated in the Neva-25 NK GPA production project. Some of the components were left to the factory for safekeeping. Years later, it turned out that they had disappeared. As a result, the dispute over the missing equipment ended in a settlement agreement. Instead of transferring the parts, the company undertook to manufacture a new block container. 

Whether the plant will be able to fulfill the condition before the deadline remains questionable. There is no official information about the progress in the manufacture of equipment. If the obligation is not fulfilled, and at the same time the bankruptcy process continues under the claim of T-Plus, then the situation for Samara-Aviagaza may become critical.

11.09.2025