Ashgabat, Turkmenistan, Feb. 6
By Huseyn Hasanov - Trend:
New facilities are being built at the oil refinery in the Turkmenistan city of Turkmenbashi that will increase the production of high-octane gasoline with improved environmental performance, according to a message from the Turkmen Ministry of Oil and Gas Industry and Mineral Resources.
The large-scale project on construction of innovative installations for vacuum distillation of black oil, alkylation of light olefins, gasoline blending and isomerization of light gasoline, is being implemented by a consortium of South Korean LG International Corporation and Hyundai Engineering Corporation, Ltd., according to the message.
"The produced alkylate and isomerizate are ideal components in preparation of high-octane commodity gasoline that meets the Euro-4 international quality standards," the ministry said.
It was also noted that the gases, produced by the Milli Second Catalytic Cracker (MSCC) unit and light fractions of straight run gasoline, produced at the primary oil refining workshops, serve as raw materials for production.
The inclusion of the gasoline blending unit in the enterprise's scheme will have a positive impact on rational use of derived gasoline fractions, according to the message.
Turkmenistan plans to bring the oil refining industry's capacity in 2015 to 15 million tons of oil per year, in 2020 - up to 20 million tons, in 2025 - up to 22 million tons, in 2030 - up to 30 million tons of oil per year.
The country now annually produces about 10 million tons of oil, much of which is processed in local refineries.
Translated by E.A.
Edited by C.N.