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Gazprom Neft launches $1.4bn new

complex at Moscow refinery

RUSSIA RUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin inaugu- refining technologies, some of the highest lev-
rated a RUB98bn ($1.4bn) new processing com- els of automation in the industry and innovative
The project will boost plex at Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery during digital solutions,” he said in a statement. “The
the plant's Euro-5 fuel a video ceremony on July 23. Euro+ facility is, today, setting the standard for
output. The Euro+ complex has been built as part of the plants of the future.”
the second stage of the 240,000 barrel per day The Euro+ project will raise the refinery’s
(bpd) refinery’ s modernisation. It replaces five diesel output by 40% and its gasoline yield by
obsolete refining units and will boost the plant’s 15%. This will partly come at the expense of pro-
production of Euro 5 light fuels such as gasoline, duction of lower-value products such as mazut.
diesel and jet kerosene, while increasing general Its operation will result in a 7% reduction in the
efficiency. refinery’s energy consumption, and increase the
Gazprom Neft embarked on the modernisa- time between necessary maintenance runs from
tion of the Moscow refinery back in 2011 and has two to four years.
since invested RUB200bn and launched produc- Gazprom Neft brought on stream a new
tion of Euro-5 fuels for the first time. Its plan is to oil processing train in March, due to ramp
invest a further RUB160bn by 2025. up to full 120,000 bpd capacity by 2021. The
Commenting on the launch, Gazprom Neft company is also overhauling its larger 445,000
CEO Alexander Dyukov said the goal of the bpd refinery in Omsk, where it completed the
modernisation drive was to bring the Moscow modernisation of a diesel hydrotreatment unit
refinery to world standards. earlier this year, leading to a 10% boost in die-
“This complex brings together modern oil sel output. ™

Komsomolsk hydrocracker nears

completion

RUSSIA ROSNEFT is near to completing the con- to get its oil more cheaply to market.
struction of a hydrocracking and diesel hydro- Built in 1942, the Komsomolsk refinery
Rosneft's refineries are treatment unit at its Komsomolsk refinery, the enjoyed a relatively high level of utilisation even
undergoing a $19bn company said on July 27. before the spur was commissioned, processing
modernisation drive. The unit has a 3.65mn tonne per year (tpy) 129,100 bpd of oil in 2018.
capacity, and will raise the plant’s refining depth NewsBase reported in May that Rosneft’s
to 92%, Rosneft said. Its launch will enable the Bashkortostan-based subsidiary Bashneft had
production of more low-sulphur diesel. opened a tender to overhaul a damaged hydro-
Rosneft’s refineries are undergoing a RUB1.4 cracker at its Ufaneftekhim refinery. The com-
trillion ($19bn) modernisation drive, due to pany is building hydrocrackers at its refineries
wrap up in 2023. The goal of this programme is in Achinsk, Novokuibyshevsk and Tuapse, but
to raise the company’s production of lighter fuels most of these projects have fallen behind sched-
such as gasoline and diesel to 70% of total refin- ule. ™
ing output.
To date, Rosneft has invested RUB850bn in
the programme and has built or upgraded 23
refining units.
The 160,000 barrel per day (bpd) Komso-
molsk refinery is the main supplier of petroleum
products in the Far East, with its market share in
the region exceeding 60%. Russian oil pipeline
operator Transneft completed a 293-km spur
connecting the plant with the Eastern Siberian –
Pacific Ocean (ESPO) pipeline system, enabling

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