Shymkent Refinery Upgrade Project
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Summary Information
- Ownership: Petrokazakhstan (CNPC) / KazMunaiGaz each have 50% stakes
- Website: http://www.petrokazakhstan.kz/
- Wiki Page: Shymkent Refinery
- Location: Shymkent, Southern Kazakhstan
- Capacity: 5.25 million tons/annum & 105,000 bbl/day
- Nelson Complexity:
- Project Stage:
- Expected Completion: 2017
- Budget:
+++ The Project
- Project Type:
- Project Summary:
- The goals of the Project are as follows:
- Increase the capacity of the refinery to 6 million tons;
- Increase the yield of light oil products from 61% to 89%
- Improve the quality of products to meet EURO-3 standard requirements;
- Expand the product slate by producing petrochemicals such as polypropylene, benzene and elemental sulfur;
- Reduce the output of effluent discharge;
- As part of the modernization project it is planned to build a catalytic cracker, gasoline hydrotreater, isomerization and absorption/gas fractionation units.
- Main Contractors:
- Technip: Front-end engineering design (FEED) services
- CPECC: Detailed engineering, procurement of equipment and materials and implementation of construction and installation work (EPC contract) for the Naphtha Isomerization Unit
- UOP: Isomerization Unit licence
+++ Refining Units
- Catalytic cracker
- Gasoline hydrotreater
- Isomerization
- Absorption/gas fractionation units
+++ Terminal Capacity
- Crude Oil:
- Refined Products:
+++ Crude Supply
- On completion of the project, it is planned to process 75% of Aktobe and 25% of Kumkol oil
+++ Products Produced
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+++ History
- 2012 - Technip awarded contract for the front-end engineering design (FEED) services
- 2014 - EPC signed for Naphtha Isomerization Unit with CPECC
- 2017 - Upgrade project completed
+++ Other Information
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