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The Gazprom Neft Board of Directors has reviewed and taken note of information on the implementation of the company’s development strategy to 2030. Adopted by the Board of Directors in November 2018, Gazprom Neft’s current development strategy outlines the company’s key strategic objectives to 2030, and the means of achieving these, consistent with new challenges and recent changes in the global economy. Oil-industry trends in 2020 have been impacted by reduced demand and lower prices for oil and...

Installation of equipment for a new automated timed-loading unit for rail despatch of light petroleum products has started at Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery. This project forms part of an integrated fuel-shipment infrastructure modernisation programme, itself part of the Moscow Refinery’s ongoing development since 2011. The new terminal has a throughput capacity of 2.1 million tonnes of oil products per year. Investment in building this automated timed-loading unit stands ...

Russia’s Ministry of Industry and Trade has assessed progress on the construction of Russia’s first cutting-edge oil-refining catalyst-production plant. “Catalytic cracking, hydrotreatment and hydrocracking catalysts are heavily dependent on imports — which currently average about 65%. Implementing this project, to supplement existing production capacity, will ensure Russian refineries are supplied with domestic catalysts for key refining processes — meaning imports here could be cut by as much...

Gazprom Neft has begun construction of a hydroisodewaxing complex at its Omsk lubricants plant. This complex will produce base oils for high-tech synthetic lubricants used on modern automotive equipment and industrial machinery, allowing the company to free itself completely from using imported base oils in producing premium product lines. The facility has a design capacity of 220,000 tonnes per year. Gazprom Neft’s investment in this project stands at more than RUB32 billion. [/upload/iblock/d69/200121...

Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery has begun producing a unique winter diesel fuel exhibiting enhanced performance at low temperatures. With improved environmental properties, this fuel can be used under temperatures as low as −32ºC. Production of this new fuel has been made possible thanks to the commissioning of the new Euro+ refining complex in July 2020. Euro+ technologies mean winter diesels can be produced without the use of additives — the structure of the...

... The two million tonne capacity DCU will allow the Omsk Refinery to reduce its production of heavy fuel oil (mazut), while increasing production of motor fuels and high-quality feedstocks for the aluminium industry. Together with the plant’s other modernisation projects, this future facility will increase refining depth (the “conversion rate”) at the Omsk Refinery to 99% — the level achieved by the world’s best-performing refineries. Hydraulic pressure ...

... Columns, piping, furnaces and auxiliary buildings will also be dismantled, in turn. Vacated space will be used for future projects in the plant’s development programme, including projects to increase refining depth. Gazprom Neft has been pursuing the modernisation of its Moscow Refinery since 2011, total investment in which will reach RUB350 billion by 2025. New production and environmental protection complexes have, already, made possible a four-fold reduction in environmental impacts, while increasing ...

... Dyukov. The new complex will enable the plant to increase production levels of motor fuels, as well as commence production of petroleum coke in Serbia for the first time. The construction of this facility is a key project in the second phase of a major modernisation programme at the NIS refining facilities, total investment in which stands at more than €300 million. Following the launch of the new complex with its delayed coking technology, the refining depth (“conversion rate”) at the Pančevo ...

Gazprom Neft has obtained a patent for its SUprID (СупрИД) — Engineering Data Management System (EDMS), its own proprietary digital solution. The system generates electronic models of production facilities — “digital twins” — containing engineering and technical documentation and 3D models of facilities. The SUprID EDMS currently covers Gazprom Neft’s Moscow and Omsk Refineries, and is delivering a 20% reduction in time spent on routine operations, maintenance and repairs. The economic benefit of...

Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery has further improved the operation of its “Biosphere” biological water treatment facilities, with water — now reaching 99.9% purity — being used for steam generation in line with the plant’s requirements. This technological solution — unique to oil refining in Russia — will further reduce heat and electricity consumption. The economic benefit from these initiatives is expected to reach more than RUB120 million per year. The Biosphere is one of the key projects in the...