Nizhny Novgorod Refinery

Summary Information

• Ownership: Lukoil
• Website: http://www.lukoil.com/
• List of Lukoil Refineries
• Location: Nizhny Novgorod
• Capacity: 17.0 million tons/annum & 340,000 bbl/day
• Nelson Complexity:
• Refining Depth: 65%

Brief Description

• A very large low complexity refinery

Refining Units

• Atmospheric Distillation - 340,000 bbl/day
• Vacuum Distillation - 132,400 bbl/day
• Fluidised Catalytic Cracker
• Visbreaking unit - 48,000 bbl/day
• Reformer - 47,000 bbl/day
• Diesel Hydrotreater -

Terminal Capacity

• Crude Oil:
• Refined Products:

Crude Supply

• The refinery processes blend crude oil from Western Siberia and Tatarstan

Products Produced

• Motor gasoline
• Diesel fuel
• Jet fuel
• Vacuum gas oil
• Naphta
• Fuel oil
• Bitumen
• Lubricants

Projects

• The Nizhny Novgorod Refinery Coker Project, completed in 2022, upgraded the refinery to eliminate fuel oil production
• A major previous investment was the Nizhny Novgorod Refinery Project
• The FCC complex, has enabled the Nizhny Novgorod refinery to produce annually an additional 1.4 million tons of EURO 4 and EURO 5 automobile gasoline, over 400,000 tons of diesel fuel and 150,000 tons of propylene. The propylene is transported to OOO “Saratovorgsintez”, a LUKOIL petrochemical facility, for further processing.

Other Information

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History

• 1958 - Refinery Commissioned
• 2008 - Vacuum residue visbreaking unit commissioned
• 2010 - Fluidised Catalytic Cracker commissioned
• 2017 - Final investment decision for delayed coker investment
• 2021 - UOP selected for new MTBE unit
• 2022 - Coker Project completed

Links

1. Giprogazoochistka Refinery References
2. Globalstroy Engineering Refinery References
3. Refining, Analysts Handbook
4. 2008 Annual Report, Refining
5. OMZ's Izhorskiye Zavody manufactures first hydrotreater for LUKoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez
6. Ups And Downs Of The Russian Downstream
7. Lukoil Commissions Visbreaking Unit at Nizhny Novgorod Refinery
8. “Lukoil-Nizhegorodnefteorgsintez” LLC has successfully launched hydrogen sulfide processing unit designed by “Giprogazoochistka” OJSC
9. Lukoil’s Nizhny Novgorod Refinery Turns out First Euro-4 Gasoline
10. Lukoil Takes Final Investment Decision On Delayed Coker At Nizhny Novgorod Refinery
11. Lukoil To Expand Kstovo Refinery With Honeywell Technology
12. Lukoil Commissions Petroleum Residue Recycling Facility at Its Nizhny Novgorod Refinery