Name and Location
Afipsky oil refinery modernisation project, Krasnodar, Russia.

Client
NefteGazIndustriya.

Project Description
The modernisation includes the design, construction and financing of facilities to ensure the expansion and renovation of the existing Afipsky refinery facilities, as well as the construction of a high-conversion refinery at Afipsky.

The aim is to complete the project in three stages.

Stage 1 involves the expansion of the existing production facilities to increase the capacity of primary oil processing to up to six-million tons a year and optimising the logistics of feedstock supply.

Stage 2 entails the construction of a high-conversion petroleum refinery, comprising a combined residue vacuum distillation and vacuum residue visbreaking unit, a diesel fuel hydrotreater and a vacuum gas oil hydrocracking complex to increase the oil conversion ratio to 82%.

Stage 3 will comprise the construction of a delayed coking unit to increase the oil conversion ratio to 93% and maximising the production of Euro-5 diesel fuel and light oil.

Value
Not stated.

Duration
Not stated.

Latest Developments
CB&I has been awarded contracts valued at more than $90-million through project developer Maveg to provide the technology licences and front-end engineering design (Feed) services for the Afipsky oil refinery.

CB&I’s scope comprises Feed development for multiple new process units, including a 2.5-million-ton-a-year hydrocracker unit and hydrogen and sulphur units.

CB&I is also providing technology and feed services for a crude distillation/vacuum distillation/visbreaker complex.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
Maveg (project developer) and CB&I (technology licences and Feed).

On Budget and on Time?
Not stated.

Contact Details for Project Information
NefteGazIndustriya, tel +7 861 210 2741 or email info@ngipetrol.ru.
CB&I, Christi Thoms, tel +1 832 513 1200.