Project Profile
Investment: US$45 Million
Location: Ryazan Oblast, Russia
Capacity: 17 million tonnes of oil per year
Nelson Complexity: 5.5
Start-up: 1960
The Ryazan Oil Refinery located in Ryazan Oblast, Russia, has a capacity of 17 million tonness of oil per year. It produces a wide range of high-quality oil products: AI—80, AI—92, AI—95 and AI—98 motor gasoline, diesel fuel — including low-sulfur Euro-4 and Euro-5 grades — jet fuel, boiler fuel, road and construction bitumens, lubricants and other oil products. Production of motor gasoline began at the Ryazan Oil Refinery (which was the company’s official name until July 2002) on 19 October 1960. In 1993, the refinery was turned into a joint-stock company and in 1995 became part of TNK. In 2002, Ryazan Oil Refinery was restructured to form CJSC Ryazan Oil Refining Company, which became part of TNK-BP in 2003.
From 1999 to 2002, Phase 1 of an extensive program of renovation work was carried out, affecting all the company’s main process units, from primary refining to hydro treatment and dispatch. Upgrading work on the three primary oil refining units, including installation of an automatic control system, has resulted in an increase in output of high-quality motor fuel, and improved environmental and safety standards. Two diesel-fuel hydro treatment units have also been modernised and new types of diesel processing have been introduced, and a boiler-house has been built. In 2001, RORC’s central processing unit — the catalytic cracker – was upgraded, boosting its productivity from 900,000 to 2.5 million tonnes of oil per year.
Operators:
Ryazan Oil Refining Company: Operator
TNK-BP: 100% interest