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Failure of Kazakh refinery leads to decrease in petroleum products output

Kazakhstan Materials 12 March 2021 07:40 (UTC +04:00)
Failure of Kazakh refinery leads to decrease in petroleum products output

BAKU, Azerbaijan, Mar. 12

By Nargiz Sadikhova - Trend:

Two million tons of petroleum products were manufactured in Kazakhstan over the first two months of 2021, which is 5.6 percent less than the plan, Kazakhstan’s Minister of Energy Nurlan Nogayev said, Trend reports citing the ministry.

The minister said that petrol production equaled 790,000 tons, which is 6.5 percent less than the plan, diesel fuel equaled 680,000 tons, which is 14.8 percent less than the plan, and jet fuel equaled 70,000 tons, which is 9 percent less.

Nogayev explained that the reduction in production volumes of petroleum products for the reporting period occurred due to the failure of the Atyrau refinery.

"This, in turn, led to the failure of catalytic cracking and reforming unit. At present, repair works are carried out at the refinery. At the same time, regardless of the reduction in volumes of oil refining and production of petroleum products, stocks of petroleum products at the domestic market are at a stable level," Nogayev said.

The catalytic cracking and reforming unit are to be launched and on April 15 and the Atyrau oil refinery will be put into technological mode.

Furthermore, the production of fuel oil equaled 472,000 tons, which is 14.7 percent more than the plan. The total volume of petrochemical products manufactured equaled 27,000 tons, which is 38.2 percent less than the plan for the reporting period.

The minister also added that the electricity generation stood at 20.4 billion kWh during the first two months of 2021, which meets the plan for the period.

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