MOSCOW (MRC) -- Chevron Lummus Global (CLG), a JV between Chevron and CB&I, announced the successful start-up of an integrated hydrocracker and base oil plant using CLG's ISOCRACKING, ISODEWAXING and ISOFINISHING technologies by Russian refiner OJSC TANECO, said Hydrocarbonprocessing.
The Russian petroleum refining industry project is being conducted under the JSC TATNEFT group of companies. The integration design of the two units offered excellent opportunity to minimize the investment, according to project officials.
The hydrocracker unit was commissioned in January 2014 and the base oil unit in December 2014. The commissioning of the two units enabled OJSC TANECO to produce 1.2 million tpy of Euro-V diesel fuel, 500,000 tpy of aviation kerosene and 190,000 tpy of Group II/III base oil.
The high-quality base oil production was possible by processing excellent quality lube oil feedstock from the hydrocracker. This premium lube oil production, according to OJSC TANECO, is unmatched by other base oil capacity in the Russian Federation and it gives OJSC TANECO competitive advantage in the base oil market.
Russian Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, Tatarstan President Rustam Minninikhanov and JSC TATNEFT CEO Nail Maganov attended the opening ceremony of the startup of this strategic project at OJSC TANECO oil refinery.
"As the world leading hydroprocessing technology licensor, we are thrilled to continue to hear success stories like OJSC TANECO and grateful to see our products offer competitive advantage to our clients in their market," said Leon de Bruyn, managing director at Chevron Lummus Global.
Chevron Phillips Chemical recently announced the construction of a world-scale ethylene cracker in Baytown, Texas, two world-scale polyethylene reactors in Old Ocean, Texas and the start-up of the world’s largest 1-hexene facility in Baytown. The 1-hexene plant, capable of producing up to 250,000 tpy, is co-located with this expansion project at the Cedar Bayou plant. Chevron says the two plants will enjoy synergies as they both share the same infrastructure and workforce talent.
Chevron Phillips Chemica, headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas (north of Houston), US,l is one of the world’s top producers of olefins and polyolefins and a leading supplier of aromatics, alpha olefins, styrenics, specialty chemicals, piping, and proprietary plastics. Chevron and Phillips 66 each own 50% of Chevron Phillips Chemical.
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