Turkmenistan, Ashgabat, May 22 / Trend H.Hasanov /
Modern waste-free technology is being introduced at the existing and newly constructed facilities of the country's largest oil refinery in Turkmenbashi, the Neutral Turkmenistan newspaper reports.
Commissioning of installation of diesel fuel hydrotreatment meeting international standards has allowed within a year to significantly reduce emissions of sulfur and its derivatives.
In addition, a multi-project of reconstruction of refinery's flare system was completed that provided high level of environmental safety to plants of the complex.
In the same aspect issues on the construction of modern systems of industrial sewage and water recycling are addressed. Fuel, oil and petrochemical installations are equipped with environmentally friendly equipment with reliable filters to capture by-products and making new types of commodity products from them.
An important role in improving the ecology of the city was played by commissioned wells to extract oil products from the groundwater at the complex, reconstruction of facilities for treatment of industrial effluents from reclamation of the coastal strip in the industrial area of the refinery and Kenar transshipment oil depot.
This was facilitated by radical modernization of the fuel and energy complex, including oil refineries, production of unleaded gasoline, reducing the toxicity of engine emissions, switching to natural gas and other cleaner fuels.
Neutral Turkmenistan said that the environmental situation in the industrial area is under the watchful supervision of 'Caspecocontrol' service.
"Due to the continuous improvement of environmental measures in the industrial enterprises of seaside town level of harmful emissions into the atmosphere has been steadily decreasing, giving the primacy on this indicator in a series of man-made air pollutants to road transport primarily with petrol engines," the article said.
The article notes that 'Caspecocontrol' monitors the environment in the Turkmen sector of the Caspian Sea and the coastal strip.
Tracking changes in the atmosphere over the city is carried out through two fixed monitoring stations established by taking into account the "wind rose" at the intersection of the air flows coming from the densely populated residential areas and industrial complexes with their zones of influence.