MOSCOW (MRC) - Gazprom neftekhim Salavat has started the final stage of commissioning of the catalytic cracking complex, the company said in a statement.
The commissioning of a catalytic cracking complex will increase the production of commercial high-octane motor gasolines that meet Euro-5 requirements, as well as significantly reduce the burden on the environment.
When debugging the operation of the equipment and bringing the complex to normal technological mode, in particular, the first start-up of the centrifugal compressor of wet gas, part of the gases is temporarily directed to the flare stack for the period of setting the parameters of the compressor, as a result of which the gases are burned with intense smoke generation. Combustion of gases on a flare stack is a controlled process and is an integral part of start-up operations. The impact on the environment does not exceed the permitted standards.
The catalytic cracking complex is designed for the production of a high-octane component of motor gasoline and liquefied hydrocarbon gases - propane-propylene and butane-butylene fractions, which are a valuable raw material for petrochemicals.
The implementation of the project will increase the production of commercial high-octane motor gasolines that meet Euro-5 requirements and, accordingly, the output of light petroleum products. The complex meets all the requirements of environmental and industrial safety. The project provides for specialized gas cleaning facilities, electrostatic precipitators, in which all harmful impurities will be screened out. There are no environmental risks. The catalytic cracking complex will replace two outdated units: Katcracking-1 and Katcracking-2, built in the 50s of the last century.
Earlier it was written that RusGazDobycha plans to create a gas chemical cluster on the basis of Gazprom neftekhim Salavat (GNS), one of the largest oil refining and petrochemical complexes in the Russian Federation, for which almost 30 billion cubic meters of "ethane" gas will be supplied from Yamal. In particular, the gas processing complex that RusGazDobycha will build at the gas pumping station will process ethane-containing gas from the Nadym-Pur-Taz region and the Tambeyskoye field (Yamal).
According to the ICIS-MRC Price Report, Gazprom neftekhim Salavat (GNS, Salavat, Bashkortostan) resumed production of low-pressure polyethylene (LDPE) after shutting for a long planned maintenance works. GNS 1 October resumed production of low-pressure polyethylene (LDPE) after shutting for scheduled preventive maintenance. The idle capacity was quite long and started on the 20th of July. The annual production capacity is 45,000 tonnes.
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 names, including 76 names of the main products: motor gasolines, diesel fuels, kerosene, heating oil, toluene, solvent, liquefied gases, benzene, styrene, ethylbenzene, butyl alcohols, phthalic anhydride and 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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