PJSC Tatneft, Almetyevsk, Russia, is undertaking a 4-week turnaround of certain units at the more than 10-million tonnes/year refinery of subsidiary JSC Taneco’s multiphase integrated refining and petrochemical complex in Nizhnekamsk, 250 km from Tatarstan’s capital city of Kazan.
The scheduled maintenance overhaul—which began on Sept. 17 and will run to Oct. 15—will include works to ensure the safe, reliable operation of process equipment at the refinery’s hydrocracking, hydrogen production, base oil production, and elemental sulfur production units, Tatneft said on Sept. 17.
Planned work activities during the turnaround include the following:
- Clean and inspect 235 unidentified vessels and apparatuses.
- Replace catalyst at four reactors and reforming furnaces.
- Inspect and test 179 pipelines.
- Repair and inspect more than 180 valves and control valves.
- Conduct unidentified maintenance at two compressor units, which form the heart of the hydrocracking plant.
Scheduled downtime for refinery maintenance activities, however, will not impact fuel supplies to Tatneft customers, the company said.
Tatneft completed a previous 3-week round of planned maintenance at the Nizhnekamsk refinery in early July (OGJ Online, July 9, 2020; June 11, 2020).
