Achinsk Refinery

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Summary Information

Brief Description

  • A medium sized low complexity refinery

Refining Units

  • Atmospheric Distillation
  • catalytic reforming
  • jet and diesel fuel hydrotreatment
  • bitumen production,
  • gas fractioning units
  • Isomerization Unit

Terminal Capacity

  • Crude Oil:
  • Refined Products:

Crude Supply

  • Achinsk Refinery processes West Siberian crude delivered via the Transneft pipeline system

Products Produced

  • Euro 5 Diesel and Gasoline, Jet fuel, Bitumen

Projects

  • For details see Achinsk Refinery Upgrade Project
  • A comprehensive development project was underway at the Achinsk refinery in 2009 to increase light product yield and ensure compliance with the government’s regulations on fuel standards. The aim is to make refinery outputs compliant with Euro-5.
  • The project includes construction of delayed coking and hydrocracking units, a second stage of the isomerisation unit, as well as a reforming unit, which will replace that currently in operation. Design and preparatory work was carried out in 2009.

Other Information

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History

  • 1982 - Refinery production started
  • 2007 - Isomerization started
  • 2008 - Sulphur unit commissioned
  • 2013 - The refinery starts producing Euro 5 fuel
  • 2014 - A fatal fire occurred

Links

  1. Achinsk Refinery, Rosneft
  2. Giprogazoochistka Refinery References
  3. ORGHIM Refinery References
  4. One more process unit has been put into operation by “Giprogazoochistka” OJSC
  5. Rosneft Achinsk Refinery Upgraded to Produce Cleaner Euro 5 Standard Fuel
  6. On situation at Achinsk oil refinery
  7. Achinsk Refinery Resumes Output of Commercial Motor Fuels