On March 24, Lukoil reported that Russia's Energy Ministry has granted the refiner an investment premium to a refundable excise tax on crude that will last until Jan. 1, 2031, in order to support the completion of the deep-conversion, delayed-coking complex at the 292K-b/d Kstovo refinery, which is often referred to as the Nizhny Novgorod refinery.
May 03, 2021
As with any refinery unit, fouling adversely effects RFCCU operations. Buildup on reactor surfaces, pumparounds, heat exchangers, and other equipment will have a negative impact on heat transfer, increase pressure drop, and generally lower unit (and overall plant) efficiency.
January 25, 2021
The new 3MM-mt/y complex in Belarus will reduce fuel oil production while increasing yields of light products to 30%.
August 05, 2020
After shutting down the unit to increase its capacity from 100K b/d to 130K b/d, South Korean Hyundai Oilbank's 275K-b/d Daesan refinery has resumed running its residue desulfurization unit.
August 05, 2020
Even though the top refiner in South Korea has already held a two-month trial run for the new 40K-b/d vacuum residue desulfurization (VRDS) unit, SK Energy will delay full operation of the unit because of the weak oil market and coronavirus pandemic.
June 23, 2020
The installation of the new 2MM-mt/y coking unit at Gazprom Neft's 424K-b/d refinery in Omsk has now been completed.
June 23, 2020
The 40K-b/d vacuum residue desulfurization (VRDS) facility, which cost 1 trillion won ($837MM), was finished three months early and is set begin commercial operations in March.
May 20, 2020
The Polish refiner has invested in a new bottom-of-barrel (BoB) unit at subsidiary Orlen Lietuva's 263K-b/d Mazeikiu refinery in Lithuania.
May 20, 2020
The agreement between Estonian mining firm Eesti Energia and shale oil company Viry Keemia Group with Italy's company KT Kinetics Technology will allow preliminary work for a planned refinery to begin this summer.
March 25, 2020
