Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Dec. 3
By Huseyn Hasanov - Trend:
Several international tenders in the oil refining area will soon be announced in Turkmenistan, the Turkmen Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources said today.
According to the report, tenders on the design and construction of diesel fraction hydro-treating, catalytic cracking and coking petrol hydrodesulphurisation units will be announced.
The tender programme also includes the reconstruction of a millisecond catalytic cracking unit, the construction of the catalytic cracking of heavy oil residues, the reconstruction of the power supply system of refineries and other projects in the cities of Turkmenbashi and Sadie.
Turkmenistan plans to bring the oil refining capacity to 15 million tons of oil per year in 2015 and up to 20 million tons of oil per year in 2020.