They play in the VHL, the Supreme Hockey League, which is the second level of Russian ice hockey.

The club was founded in 1965 as Sputnik.

In 1986, they were renamed Neftyanik, Russian for oiler.

In 2008, Neftyanik joined the Vysshaya Liga (VHL), and affiliated with Ak Bars Kazan of the KHL.

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