«Moscow Oil Refinery»

Refining volumes at Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery are up 20% — with more than one million tonnes of oil being processed every month; this growth having been made possible by a new Euro+ complex, which now handles the full production cycle from initial preparation of crude oil to fuel production for the country’s capital city and its environs. Thanks to the Euro+ facility the Moscow Refinery has also been able to further reduce its environmental impacts — the commissioning of the Euro+ facility in...

Dismantling of obsolete equipment (from a different era in terms of environmental friendliness) is now complete at Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery — specialist machinery having been used to dismantle five process facilities from the 1960s. These facilities have been replaced with a cutting-edge “Euro+” refining complex, improving efficiency at the Moscow Refinery and further reducing its environmental impacts. The modernisation of the Moscow Refinery — being undertaken by Gazprom Neft since 2011 —...

Gazprom Neft has chosen Tecnicas Reunidas S.A. (Spain) to manage the construction of the delayed coking unuit (DCU) at its Moscow Refinery’s future deep refining complex. Tecnicas Reunidas S.A. specialists will be responsible for managing project design and equipment deliveries (including deliveries of Russian-manufactured equipment), as well as managing and overseeing construction and installation works and acceptance testing. The contract is worth more than ₽20 billion. Works are expected to be...

Gazprom Neft and DL E&C Co., Ltd (Korea) have concluded an agreement confirming the latter’s involvement in building the hydrocracking section at the Moscow Refinery’s future deep refining complex — the signatories to this agreement signed at the 2021 St Petersburg International Economic Forum, being Anatoly Cherner, Deputy CEO for Logistics, Processing and Sales, Gazprom Neft, Yong Sang YI, Senior Vice President, DL E&C Co., Ltd and Seo Younghoon, CEO, Daelim RUS. Specialists from the Korean parent...

Gazprom Neft refineries are implementing major long-term innovative projects aimed at developing strategic technology and R&D to meet the technical requirements of its refineries. Key areas of Gazprom Neft’s innovative development programme in the refining and petrochemical business through 2025 include improving product quality (in particular, reducing sulphur and aromatic content of petrol and diesel fuels), improving refining yield, developing new types of products, improving production efficiency...

A joint project by Gazprom Neft and the Gigarama laboratory has won the Best Use of Video or Moving Images prize at the 2021 Webby Awards, competing against participants from Denmark, Hong Kong, the USA and Canada. A special project, “Sing District!” outlined how the modernisation of an industrial facility — and its surrounding urban environment — is changing one of the local districts surrounding Russia’s capital. The Webby Awards — the world’s most prestigious Internet awards — recognises the...

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 at RUB4.2 million. Construction...

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 hydrocarbon itself being changed under...

Gazprom Neft goods have received high jury ratings at the “Russia’s 100 Best Products” competition, with the company’s gasoline, diesel, marine and aviation fuels, bitumen materials and lubricants (including polymer products) being included in the 2020 top 100. Motor fuels produced at the company’s Moscow and Omsk Refineries — gasoline, and winter and summer Euro-5 diesel fuels — were all recognised, with the high-performance G-DRIVE 100 fuel produced at the Omsk Refinery being awarded the “Golden...

Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery has begun dismantling previous-generation facilities replaced by the plant’s new Euro+ oil refining complex. These works form part of the environmental upgrading of the Moscow Refinery, which has involved the company deploying cutting-edge technological solutions and getting rid of obsolete production facilities. Five installations are being decommissioned, dismantling of which is expected to be completed in 2021. Alexander Prokhorov, Head of Department for Investment...