MOSCOW (MRC) -- Gazpromneft Lubricants Ltd, operator of the Gazprom Neft lubricants business, has announced that it has begun production of Gazpromneft TDAE (treated, distillate, aromatic, extracted) lubricant-plasticiser at its Omsk plant in Russia, using its own patent technology, reported GV.
The investment in the project, including the modernisation of a 17,000 t/y plasticiser facility at the Omsk refinery, amounted to more than RUB 400 million (~ EUR 5.8 million). According to the company, the new “green” process oil - designed to give plasticity and flexibility to rubber, tyres, and fabricated rubber products - meets latest international environmental requirements.
Established in November 2007, Gazpromneft Lubricants has six production facilities throughout Russia, Italy and Serbia. Total production volumes stand at over 500,000 t/y of premium oils, lubricants and service fluids.
As MRC informed before, in March 2017, Gazprom Neft began construction of a standalone 12,300 tpy-capacity hydrogen production unit at its Omsk Refinery. This processing facility will provide high-purity (99.9%) hydrogen for new and reconstructed hydrotreatment facilities, intended to reduce the sulfur content of motor-fuel components (blending agents). It will also eliminate hydrotreatment processes’ dependence on the rate of utilization of catalytic reforming units, from which hydrogen is currently produced as a by-product.
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