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2013-08-09 00:00:00
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Rompetrol wins US$1.1bn contract to modernise Kazakh refinery Rominserv, a subsidiary of Romanian oil company Rompetrol (fully-owned by Kazakh KazMunaiGas), has won a US$1,072m contract to modernise the Pavlodar refinery in Kazakhstan. The programme targets the increase of the processing capacity to 7 Mt/year, the increase of the refining yield as well as the improvement of the product quality and the reduction of the environmental impact.
The modernization program includes the revamp of 10 plants and the construction of new units. Completion is expected by 2018. The Pavlodar refinery, situated in the North-West of the country, was built in 1978, being designed for the processing of the Siberian oil. A member of KazMunayGas since 2009, is the biggest oil production unit in Kazakhstan and the most modern in Central Asia. In 2012, Pavlodar refinery processed 5 Mt of oil.
Source: www.enerdata.net
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