Atyrau Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: KazMunaiGas
• Website: http://lang.kmg.kz/page.php?lang=2
• Location: Atyrau, Western Kazakhstan
• Capacity: 5.0 million tons/annum & 104,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth: 56%

Refining Units

• Atmospheric distillation units
• Vacuum distillation units
• Naphtha desulfurization units
• Catalytic reforming
• Delayed coker

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• Atyrau, has been processing crude oil of Kazakhstan exclusively. It is located close to the richest oil fields in the country, such as Tengiz Oil Field, Zhanazhol Oil Field and Uzen Oil Field

Products Produced

motor gasoline, diesel, vacuum gasoil, jet fuel, different sorts of petroleum coke, LPG and fuel oil

Projects

• For details see Atyrau Refinery Upgrade Project
• There are three projects at the refinery
• Reconstruction of vacuum unit ELOU-ABT and a delayed Coker unit
• Construction of Aromatics production plant
• Oil deep conversion complex

Other Information

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History

• 1945 - The Soviets built the Atyrau refinery with a capacity 800,000 tones per year
• 2005 - Modernisation by JGC Completed
• 2007 - Completion of Gasoline Hydrotreating Unit, Diesel Fuel Hydrotreating Unit and Diesel Fuel Dewaxing Unit, Isomerization Unit, Sulphur Recovery Unit, Hydrogen Generating Unit
• 2015 - First paraxylene produced
• 2019 - First winter diesel produced with a cold filter plugging point of -38° C

Links

1. Refinery Webpage
2. Refining Sector in Kazakhstan
3. Kazakhs Seek Sinopec, Marubeni Cash for Atyrau Refinery Upgrade
4. EPC Contract Signed for Atyrau Oil Refinery Modernization Project, Kazakhstan
5. CJSC PMP Refinery Project References
6. ORGHIM Refinery References
7. JGC Refinery References
8. Rominserv, a contract with a value exceeding USD 27 million USD for modernizing Atyrau Kazakhstan refinery
9. First paraxylene produced at Atyrau Refinery
10. Kazakhstan starts producing and shipping winter diesel fuel Khazar -38