Ukraine refinery hydrotreaters due revamp

July 10, 2009
JSC Ukrtatnafta has let contract to CRI/Criterion Catalyst Co. Ltd. and Shell Global Solutions Eastern Europe BV for a revamp of two processing units at its 360,000-b/d refinery in Kremenchug, Ukraine.

By OGJ editors
HOUSTON, July 10
-- JSC Ukrtatnafta has let contract to CRI/Criterion Catalyst Co. Ltd. and Shell Global Solutions Eastern Europe BV for a revamp of two processing units at its 360,000-b/d refinery in Kremenchug, Ukraine.

The work includes Shell reactor internals and a Criterion catalyst system for diesel hydrotreaters.

One of the revamped units will produce vacuum gas oil with less than 0.2 wt % sulfur. The other will allow the refinery to produce automotive diesel with sulfur content of less than 350 ppm and batches of diesel with sulfur content below 50 ppm.