Gazprom Neft advances revamp of Omsk refinery | Oil & Gas Journal

JSC Gazprom Neft has let a contract for project management consultancy (PMC) services to KBR for the construction of an advanced oil processing complex at its 286,160 b/cd Omsk refinery in Western Siberia, Russia. The contract is part of a major renovation program of the largest operating refinery in Russia.

KBR said it will provide PMC services for three process units and offsites and utilities construction, beginning with the front-end engineering and design phase and continuing through EPC, commissioning, and start-up.

The contract will be executed by KBR’s London and Russian operating centers.

Gazprom Neft in December 2013 let a contract to CB&I, Houston, for front-end engineering and design services for the refinery (OGJ Online, Dec. 9, 2013).

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