ngr-nn.ru was the website of the Nizhny Novgorod oil trader "NTU Neftegazresurs" (Oil and Gas Resource), which operated from Gagarin Avenue, 27, office 1230, in Nizhny Novgorod and listed a phone/fax number with the city code (8312) 75-90-28[1]. The site launched on 28 October 2002, as its home page stated[1]; according to lifetime-probe data, the domain existed roughly from 2003 to 2009.
What the company did and what the site offered
The nn.ru directory described "Neftegazresurs" as an oil depot able to supply bitumen, fuel oil, oils, boiler fuel, and stable gas condensate, as well as a major supplier of rolled metal products in Nizhny Novgorod Oblast, the Volga region, and beyond[1]. At launch, the home page offered self-pickup of petroleum products from the depot of OAO "NAZ 'Sokol'": A-76 petrol at 8,100 rubles/tonne, Ai-92 petrol at 11,000 rubles/tonne, and grade "L" 0.2-62 diesel fuel at 7,100 rubles/tonne, all prices inclusive of VAT, as the home page stated[1]. Payment terms called for full prepayment, though by agreement a deferral of 3-5 banking days was permitted; storage services for petroleum products were separately offered at a price of 180 to 200 rubles/tonne, as the home page stated[1]. The phone/fax line was listed as "multichannel," which in the early 2000s underscored a readiness to handle a flow of orders[1].
Place in the Nizhny Novgorod internet
The site was listed in the Nizhny Novgorod Internet directory nn.ru, in the "/rub/" section[1]. According to Counter.nn.ru, the surviving snapshot records a rating of 21.0 and 0 votes for ngr-nn.ru; our data does not clarify whether this reflects an absence of cast votes or a quirk of the counter's record[1]. No mention of the site's participation in the Nizhny Novgorod Internet Day appears in the available material.
How the domain's history ended
The last snapshot of the domain found in the web archive is dated 13 April 2009, and its content no longer has anything to do with the oil trader: the page is titled "In the World of the Living" and is devoted to popular-science articles on biology — a selection of material on discoveries in physiology and biochemistry, with a reference to Lomonosov's 1751 remark on the importance of chemistry for understanding life processes[2]. This discrepancy between the title "NTU NEFTEGAZRESURS" at the start of the domain's history and the title "In the World of the Living" in its final snapshot suggests that by 2009 the domain had already passed to another owner or project. At the time this record was compiled, ngr-nn.ru no longer exists.
Sources
- web.archive.org — Home page, 2003 (archive)
- web.archive.org — Domain snapshot, 2009 (archive)