Nizhnekamsk Refinery

Summary Information Ownership: TAIF-NK Website: http://www.taifnk.ru/ Location: Nizhnekamsk, Tatarstan, Russia Capacity: 7.0 million tons/annum & 140,000 bbl/day Nelson Complexity: Refining Depth: Brief Description A medium sized medium complexity refinery, with some capability of producing low sulphur fuels Refining Units Atmospheric Distillation Vacuum Distillation Unit Fluidised Catalytic Cracker Visbreaker unit Bitumen Unit Desulphurisation Diesel - 1522 tons / year Kerosine - 610 thousand tons / year Gasoline Sulphur Recovery Unit Gas Condensate Processing Unit Terminal Capacity Crude Oil: Refined Products: Crude Supply The refinery processes locally produced crude oil & gas condensate The crude is medium heavy & sour Products Produced LPG, gasoline, Diesel, Jet Fuel, Bitumen, Fuel Oil Fuels meet Euro 5 standards Ongoing Projects Nizhnekamsk Refinery Upgrade Project The refinery is adding a VCC-based Deep Conversion Complex. The complex will process 2.7 million tons per annum of refinery vacuum residues, and 1.6 million tons per annum of distillates into high value petrochemical feedstocks and Euro 5 diesel. Other Information - History 1979 - Refinery begins operations 2000 - Bitumen Unit commissioned 2003 - Vacuum unit was upgraded and Visbreaker unit and Hydrogen unit commissioned 2005 - Gas Condensate Processing Unit commissioned 2006 - FCC commissioned 2006 - ABB awarded clean fuels project 2009 - Clean fuels project completed 2012 - KBR awarded licence and basic engineering contract for upgrade project Relevant Links TAIF-NK, Refining (Russian) Severodonetsky ORGHIM, References Lurgi to Manage Technology Coordination for Hydrocracker ABB wins order to modernize Russian petrochemical refinery KBR Awarded VCC License and Basic Engineering Package for TAIF Group's Refinery at Nizhnikamsk, Republic of Tatarstan, Russia