Crude oil processing resumes at Achinsk refinery

Sept. 2, 2014
OAO Rosneft has resumed crude oil processing at its 7 million-tonne/year Achinsk refinery in Bolshoy Uluy District, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Eastern Siberia, following a June 15 fire that shuttered operations at the plant.

OAO Rosneft has resumed crude oil processing at its 7 million-tonne/year Achinsk refinery in Bolshoy Uluy District, Krasnoyarsk Territory, Eastern Siberia, following a June 15 fire that shuttered operations at the plant (OGJ Online, June 16, 2014).

The company restarted primary crude processing on a tight schedule at the refinery on Sept. 1, with the plant now producing straight-run gasoline, diesel fuel, marine fuel, and aviation fuel, as well as wide-light hydrocarbon fraction, Rosneft said.

The plant’s bitumen-producing VT-Bitumen unit also has resumed production concurrently with the restart of the refinery’s primary crude processing, the company confirmed.

Crude processing and product production levels at the refinery will continue to ramp up in the coming months, Rosneft said, adding that it will resume product delivery to customers as soon as possible.

Production of the entire range of petroleum products from the Achinsk refinery will start by yearend, in accordance with the company’s plan for a full-phased reconstruction and modernization of the plant, according to Rosneft (OGJ Online, Aug. 29, 2014).