MOSCOW (MRC) - The Gazprom neftekhim Salavat plant (GNS, Salavat, Bashkortostan) has summed up the results of production activities for the first half of 2021, the company said.
In the reporting period, the production of plasticizers at the enterprise increased by 33.8% and reached 16,140 tonnes, and the production of butyl alcohols increased by 25.6% and amounted to 54,470 tonnes.
At the same time, the production of low-density polyethylene (LDPE) increased to 18,710 tonnes, which is 5.3% more than in the first half of 2020.
In total, in the first 6 months of this year, the refining depth of crude oil was 93.6% (+ 2.5%), and the yield of light oil products reached 76.3% (+ 1.2%). Road petroleum bitumen was produced 94.58 thousand tons, which is 14.5% more compared to the same period last year - 82,570 tonnes.
The production of commercial gasoline at the enterprise increased by 2.8% and reached 637,290 tonnes. At the same time, the production of AI-95-K5 gasoline increased by more than 150.6% - from 33,770 tonnes in the first half of 2020 to 84,610 tonnes in the first half of 2021. Distillate of grade A gas condensate was produced by 60% more, and its volumes increased from 222,350 tonnes in the first half of 2020 to 355,750 tonnes in the first half of 2021.
It was also reported that last year the GNS increased the depth of oil refining to 91.9%. In the context of restrictive measures and measures to prevent the spread of a new coronavirus infection in 2020, employees of the Gazprom neftekhim Salavat oil refinery ensured the operation of the facilities in normal mode and fulfilled the production plan.
As MRC reported, GNS on 10 August, 2020 resumed production of LDPE after scheduled maintenance work. Production downtime lasted a little longer than originally planned. LDPE production capacities were stopped for repairs from 1 July 1. Meanwhile, from July 1, 2020, during the week, repairs were also carried out at the facilities of the gas pumping station for the production of high-pressure polyethylene (HDPE).
According to the ScanPlast of MRC, in May the total volume of HDPE output at Gazprom neftekhim Salavat reached 11,400 tonnes against 10,200 tonnes in April. Thus, in January - May of this year, the total volume of production of this type of PE at the Salavat enterprise amounted to 48,900 tonnes, which is 8% less than a year earlier.
OJSC Gazprom neftekhim Salavat (formerly OJSC Salavatnefteorgsintez) is one of the leading petrochemical companies in Russia, which carries out a full cycle of hydrocarbon processing. The list of commercial products manufactured by the enterprise includes more than 140 items, including 76 items of main products: motor gasolines, diesel fuels, kerosene, heating oil, toluene, solvent, liquefied gases, benzene, styrene, ethylbenzene, butyl alcohols, phthalic anhydride, etc. plasticizers, polyethylene, polystyrene, silica gels and zeolite catalysts, corrosion inhibitors, elemental sulfur, ammonia and urea, glycols and amines, a wide range of plastics household products, surfactants and much more.
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