«refining technology»

Gazprom Neft’s Omsk Refinery has completed work on upgrading its catalytic reforming unit, with pre-commissioning tests now underway. Modernising the facility will allow the Omsk Refinery to increase production of high-octane gasoline, as well as further reducing environmental impacts during production. Gazprom Neft’s investment in this project stands at ₽9.8 billion. Works have been undertaken as part of the federal government’s integrated “Clean Air” project, and form an important part of the Omsk...

Gazprom Neft has registered a business in the Omsk Oblast — Gazpromneft-Graphitek — which will be responsible for managing the company’s new project to develop a modern graphite-electrode production facility . The future plant — which will be located in the “Avangard” special economic zone (SEZ) — will be able to produce more than 45,000 tonnes of high-tech products (heavy-duty electrodes) for Russia’s metallurgy industry, every year. Graphite electrodes are a key element in producing high-grade...

Deputy Prime Minister of the Russian Federation Viktoria Abramchenko recently visited the Gazprom Neft Omsk Refinery as part of an official visit to the Omsk Oblast. The Deputy Prime Minister — curator of the national “Ecology” project — was given an insight into the environmentally-friendly modernisation of Russia’s largest refining facility, and the measures being taken by the Omsk Refinery under the Federal “Clean Air” project. Nine of the plant’s initiatives — including the construction of state-of-the-art...

Gazprom Neft’s directly owned refineries, in Moscow and Omsk, increased gasoline production by 10.6% in H1 2021, reaching 3.58 million tonnes — this figure also exceeding pre-epidemic H1 2019 volumes by 15%. Total diesel production was up 2.1% at 4.57 million tonnes — again, 3.7% higher than in H1 2019. Gazprom Neft’s refineries increased production of aviation fuel by 26.3%, to 1.1 million tonnes. Production of high-performance G-Drive 100 gasoline was up 39.3%. Production of branded road and construction...

Gazprom Neft’s Moscow Refinery has begun production of much sought-after environmentally friendly marine fuel. Thanks to its lower sulphur content, this fuel will be used on international as well as domestic shipping routes. The first consignment, of 10,000 tonnes, has been shipped to customers in the Port of St Petersburg by Gazpromneft-Marine Bunker, operator of the Gazprom Neft bunkering business. The Moscow Refinery is expected to produce 100,000 tonnes of hybrid marine fuel — manufactured to...

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...

Gasoline production at Gazprom Neft’s Moscow and Omsk Refineries saw a 4.3% increase in Q1 2021 reaching 1.7 million tonnes: production of high-tech 100-octane-number G-Drive 100 fuel, in particular, increasing by 17%. Production of much-in-demand winter diesel fuels increased by 9.1%, reaching 1.1 million tonnes. Gazprom Neft’s refineries saw a 6.9% increase in production of commercial road and construction bitumens against Q1 2020, reaching 400,000 tonnes. This increase in production volumes is...