Tuapse Refinery
Tuapse refinery in the Krasnodar region has been part of Rosneft since the Company’s establishment, and is the oldest Rosneft’s refinery (commissioned in 1929). The plant has the most favorable location among Rosneft’s refineries, and is also the only Russian refinery on the Black Sea coast.
The plant’s crude distillation capacity amounts to 4.4 mln tonnes (32.2 mln barrels) per year. The refinery processes crude oil from Western Siberia, which is delivered via the Transneft pipeline system, as well as crude oil produced by Rosneft in Southern Russia and delivered via the Transneft pipeline system and by rail. The plant specializes in the production of motor fuel.
Proximity to Rosneft’s Tuapse oil loading terminal enables the plant to export approximately 90% of petroleum products it produces. The remainder is sold domestically by the Company’s marketing subsidiaries and through Rosneft’s filling station network.
Crude throughput at the Refinery in 2010 was 4.51 mln tonnes (33.0 mln barrels), which is 13.5% less than in 2009. The reduction was due to shut-down of one of the distillation units in the second quarter as part of upgrading work. Capacities were fully loaded in 2010 and petroleum product output was 4.42 mln tonnes. Refining depth in 2010 was 52.9%.
Operating highlights of Tuapse refinery
| |
2008 |
2009 |
2010 |
| |
| Crude distillation capacity |
| mln barrels |
38.2 |
36.6 |
33.0 |
| mln tonnes |
5.2 |
5.0 |
4.5 |
| Crude throughput |
| mln barrels |
38.2 |
38.1 |
33.0 |
| mln tonnes |
5.23 |
5.21 |
4.51 |
| Refining depth, % |
56.1% |
55.3% |
52.9% |
| Petroleum product output, mln tonnes |
5.11 |
5.09 |
4.42 |
| including |
| gasoline (including naphtha) |
1.02 |
1.06 |
0.87 |
| diesel fuel |
1.77 |
1.71 |
1.43 |
| fuel oil |
2.26 |
2.27 |
2.07 |
| other |
0.06 |
0.06 |
0.05 |
Refinery Expansion and Upgrade
The project for expansion of capacities at the Tuapse Refinery from 5 to 12 mln tonnes per year (from 37 to 88 mln barrels per year) has a special place in the Company’s refining development program. The project involves construction on the territory of the existing plant of an entirely new refinery with a Nelson Complexity Index rating of about 8 and with 90% light product yield. Automotive fuel produced at the Refinery will be in classes 4 and 5 (equivalent to Euro-4 and Euro-5). Tuapse has the best geographical location of all Rosneft refining assets, and this will ensure financial efficiency of the expansion project.
The project is being implemented in two stages. The first stage, scheduled for completion in 2012, is for construction of an atmospheric-vacuum distillation unit for primary refining, with a section for hydrotreatment of naphtha, as well as facilities for general refinery use. The second stage, scheduled for completion in 2014, will involve construction of a vacuum gas oil hydro cracking unit and hydrotreatment of diesel fuel, a hydrogen unit, a naphtha isomerization and hydrotreatment unit, a catalytic reformer, sulfur production unit, and a flexicoker.
First-stage building work went ahead in 2010, and design tasks and ordering of equipment were carried out for the second stage. Work is also proceeding to enlarge the trunk pipeline which brings crude oil to the refinery, and to build a sea terminal, via which products will be delivered for export.
New primary refining facilities were in the process of installation (desalter and atmospheric-vacuum distillation unit, ELOU-AVT-12, with a section for hydrotreatment of naphtha), as well as general refinery facilities. Work also continued on project documentation and selection of equipment for the secondary refining complex.
Contact Information
Full Name: LLC RN-Tuapse Refinery
Director: Valery Ezhov
Address: 1 Sochinskaya st., Tuapse 352800, Krasnodar region, Russia
Tel: + 7 (86167) 77 3 09
Fax: +7 (86167) 7-75-00
E-mail: sekret@tnpz.ru
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