The Omsk Refinery (Russian: Омский нефтеперерабатывающий завод) is an oil refinery plant in the Russian city of Omsk, one of the largest in the country. This refinery has belonged to the Russian state-owned company Gazprom since 1995 through its subsidiary Gazprom Neft. The refinery produces over 50 different types of oil products, including gasoline, jet fuel, bitumen, and natural gas.[1] Their products generally follow European emission standards.[2] Its aromatics complex produces a range of aromatics of high purity: benzene (99.98% purity), paraxylene (99.95% purity) and orthoxylene (99.6% purity).[3]
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  Location of Omsk Refinery  Omsk Refinery (Russia) | |
| City |  Omsk, Russia |
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| Coordinates | 55°04′16″N 73°14′04″E / 55.07111°N 73.23444°E |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | Gazprom |
| Commissioned | 1955 |
| No. of employees | ~3,600 |
| Website | onpz |
History
editIn 1949, Soviet authorities approved the decision to construct a new oil refinery near the city of Omsk.[4] This refinery first started operations in 1955, and began processing gasoline by 1959.[5]
Feedstock from Bashkortostan was initially processed at Omsk. Feedstock from Siberia followed in 1964. Later feedstocks were delivered through the Ust-Balik-Omsk pipeline.[3]
By the mid-1970s, the refinery processed an estimated 24 million tons of oil products, the highest in the entire country.[citation needed]
A unit commissioned in 1994 enabled the refinery to process heavy oil and to increase oil conversion rates to 85%.[3]
In 1995, the refinery became a part of Sibneft, which was renamed to "Gazprom" in 2006.[citation needed]
As of 2021 the refinery could process 22 million tons of refined petrolueum products per year and the capital invested to date in the plant was 60 billion rubles.[6]
As of 2021 the refinery was able to produce 300,000 tpy of internationally-certified JET A-1 jet fuel. The refinery was then able to regulate "production levels for automobile and aviation fuels, as well as raw materials for lubricants. The central hydrocracking portion of the AORC also will ensure further processing of heavy petroleum fractions into diesel fuel, jet fuel, and other high-quality products in compliance with Euro 5-quality standards." The refinery now complied fully with the Clean Air and Ecology regulations adopted under a decree of May 2018, and was fitted out with sulfur-removal technologies in order to remove 99.8% of sulfur compounds.[6]
In April 2024 Russian media reported a fire at Omsk Refinery.[7] The authorities used fire trains[clarification needed] to combat the blaze.[8] Ukraine was blamed for the fire, which engulfed three rail cars.[9]
On 26 August 2024, an explosion and subsequent fire took place burning some 1,000 square meters, injuring seven workers.[10]
References
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- ^ "Нефтяники оценили "Евро"". Kommersant. November 25, 2015. Archived from the original on 2017-12-01.
- ^ a b c "Omsk Oil Refinery - Hydrocarbons Technology".
- ^ "История Омского нефтеперерабатывающего завода". Nefte Blog. 2015-10-09. Archived from the original on 2020-02-24. Retrieved 2020-05-02.
- ^ Koleva, Galyna (2007). "Западно-Сибирский нефтегазовый комплекс: история становления и развития (1960-е — 1980-е годы)". Вестник Томского государственного университета. ISSN 1561-7793. Archived from the original on 2021-06-23.
- ^ a b "Gazprom Neft's Omsk refinery producing internationally compliant jet fuel". 12 April 2021.
- ^ "Russian media reports fire at oil production facility in Omsk". 25 April 2024.
- ^ "Fire trains tackle major oil tank fires in Omsk, Russia - video".
- ^ https://www.the-sun.co.uk/news/27533846/ukraine-hits-russian-oil-depot-putin-train/.
{{cite news}}: Missing or empty|title=(help) - ^ "Fire Breaks Out at Gazprom-Owned Oil Refinery in Siberia". The Moscow Times. 26 August 2024.