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The 4,000 tonne/year SPU-4000
sulphur production unit has been built
and is about to be commissioned. It was
built between 2011 and 2014 and covered
all project stages - design and estimate
documentation, approval from the
authorities and state reviews, construction
and assembly work, individual testing and
pre-operational work.
The SPU-4000 is the first technology-
intensive facility in recent PKOP history
and will be key in introducing granulated
sulphur, a new product. The new unit is
also significant for the region as it would
give the impulse to development of
related sectors in the South Kazakhstan
Oblast due to extensive use of sulphur in
the production of sulphuric acid, synthetic
fibres, sulphur dyes and gunpowder; in the
rubber, agriculture and pharmaceutical
industries. A first trial consignment should
be produced in September 2015.
construction and assembly work was
started on an isomerisation unit in May
2014 and is due to be commissioned in
December 2016. Its main purpose is to
produce the high-octane component of
vehicle fuel and improve the quality of
vehicle fuel to Euro-4 and Euro-5 standard.
As of the end of August, the status of the
project is that:
• 83% of working documentation is in
place;
• 238 of 372 sets or 90% of foundations
have been completed, which translates
as 4,946 of 5,481 m3;
• foundation trenches are being refilled;
• orders have been placed for the
manufacture of 141 of 150 (94%)
processing facilities;
• the segment assembly of 17 facilities is
currently in process;
• 11 pieces of equipment have been
supplied and are being assembled,
including 3 large rectification
columns: a K-701 deisopentaniser, a
K-704 deisohexaniser and a K-205
naphtha splitter.
2nd stage
The aim of the second project stage
is to build new and upgrade existing
processing units and off-site facilities
to restore design capacity to 6 million
tonnes per year and increase oil refining
depth to 90%.
It will also see the construction of
new units such as catalytic cracking, cut
cracking gasoline hydrotreatment and
MTBE production units. A 15 thousand
tonne/year sulphur production unit will
also be built.
Petroleum product output after
completion of the 2nd stage will increase
to 2.3 million tonnes/year of high-octane
gasoline from the current 700 thousand
tonnes; 2 million tonnes/year of diesel
from 1.3 and 350 thousand tonnes/year of
aviation fuel from 280. New products such
as propane-propylene (petrochemical
feed stock) and MTBE (high-octane
component of gasoline) will be produced.
Western standard project and
design documentation tailored to
meet Kazakhstan norms and standards
has already been drafted, working
documentation is being developed and
orders for equipment are being placed.
On 16 January 2015, an EPc contract
was signed with the company cPEcc to
realise the second stage of the Project.
Earthwork is currently being performed
so that construction and assembly
work can start in Q3 2015. Mechanical
completion and commission work has
been planned for Q3 2017. The second
stage, and with it the Modernization
Project is due to be completed in Q4 2017.
Within Project, the following six processing units will be built at the refinery:
1) isomerisation - 600 thousand tonnes a year, licensor UOP, USA;
2) sulphur production - 4 thousand tonnes a year, licensor СРЕ, china;
3) sulphur production - 15 thousand tonnes a year, licensor СРЕ, china;
4) catalytic cracking – 2,000 thousand tonnes a year, licensor UOP, USA;
5) gasoline cut cracking hydrotreatment – 1,000 thousand tonnes a year, licensor
Axens, France;
6) MTBE production - 244 thousand tonnes a year, licensor Axens, France.
Once upgrade work is complete, the number of processing units will rise from 9 to 15.
A range of technical processes will be introduced such as UOP licensed PENEX
isomerisation, the alkali treatment of saturated and unsaturated LPG Merox, RFcc
catalytic cracking – fuel oil and vacuum gasoil cracking resulting in the generation of
high-octane gasoline components. UOP currently licenses over 50% of all RFcc units
worldwide.
Likewise, construction and upgrade work will be carried out on the following
secondary and existing sections/blocks/units:
• the desulphurisation of saturated and unsaturated liquefied hydrocarbon gases,
alkali treatment;
• single-point oil loading;
• amine regeneration and steam stripping of acid waste water;
• c3/c4 splitting and hydrogen treatment;
• atmospheric distillation, gasoline hydrotreatment, naphtha splitter and diesel
hydrotreatment.
In addition, PKOP will be building new refinery facilities such as treatment facilities,
water recycling, LPG storage, nitrogen production, air systems, chemical water and
vapour treatment systems, reservoir parks, flare systems, a fire-fighting system and
electricity supply, process control rooms and others.
eco-bonus
An important aspect of the Modernization Project is its ecological component.
Sulphurous gas generated at a number of refinery sections will be recycled at the
sulphur production unit into a commercial product - granulated elementary sulphur,
which reduces harmful sulphur compound emissions from the flare line to 99%.
Implementation of an airtight petroleum product wagon loading system means
wagon loading hatches will be sealed during the loading process, removing
hydrocarbon vapour to a recovery system. This also helps reduce pollutant emissions
to 450 tonnes/year, and return any trapped hydrocarbons to the production process.
New sealed structures will be built above the ground as part of the upgrade of
treatment facilities, which will help improve drainage quality and reduce harmful
emissions from treatment facility open surfaces to 1,500 tonnes/year.
And, of course, a key objective of the Modernization Project is to produce motor fuel
that meets Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards and that contains less harmful components.
For example, gasoline currently produced in Kazakhstan is Euro-2 standard and
contains 500 ppm of sulphur, while the new Euro-5 fuel will reduce that figure to 10
ppm. The figures are similar for diesel (which is also currently at Euro-2 levels). As for
benzol, the figures should fall from the current 5% (volume) to 1% (volume) in the new
Euro-5 fuel. All of this means that the air in our cities will be cleaner.
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We had interview with Bolat Baetov,
Oleg Goryachkovskiy, Amanali Emberdiev,
Natalya Koryachkina, Zhaksylyk
Mindzhassarov, and Saktagan Tobashev.
- How do you remember the
Shymkent refinery from your first
years there?
Oleg:
I started in April 1978, and before
that I worked in Belarus at the Mozyr Oil
Refinery, but I decided to come home to
look after my parents, who were already
elderly by then. Back then, it was a difficult
time for what is now a flourishing refinery.
construction had been stopped, salaries
were low, there were no bonuses or 13th
salaries. There were giant phosphorous,
tyre, lead and automatic press plants close
by. Back then when I told I was working at
the refinery I was often laughed at. People
were amused by my decision and they told
me to find another job. Nobody believed
the refinery would ever be a success, but for
some reason I knew everything would be
fine, and I was right.
In 1982, active construction started at the
refinery as soon as oil began to be delivered
through the Omsk-Pavlodar-Shymkent
pipeline. In 1985, the refinery opened
for work. After that, we went through
Perestroika political reforms which led
to the end of the Soviet Union, and for us
that were irregularities in supplies of West
Siberian oil and the departure of a number
of specialists to Germany, Russia and Greece.
In addition, around us, the industrial giants
I mentioned earlier began to close along
with smaller companies and construction
organisations. We survived some hard times,
and today we are celebrating 30 years, and
that makes me really happy and proud!
Bolat:
I started at the refinery in May
1984 as a Unit-200 LK-6U operator. It was
a busy place and there was building and
assembly work going on everywhere. And
as we were still young, we were sent off
in groups as interns to already operating
refineries. I had my internship at the Achin
refinery in Krasnodar.
A number of experts from refineries in
Russia, Atyrau and Pavlodar were invited
for the launch of the Shymkent refinery. We
did come up against difficulties in learning
a new profession, but we were young and
full of enthusiasm, and our desire and
aspirations to learn everything was huge,
and the help and support from our senior
colleagues was invaluable.
Natalya:
30 years have flown by. It seems
like yesterday when in January 1985 as
young girls we were fitting out offices with
apparatus and laboratory equipment. The
laboratory building was so draughty…
Then it all started to come together. We
built the teams, the work sites were ready,
we received the apparatus we needed,
reactor fluids were prepared, we collected
the documentation we needed and the
laboratory began to operate. And then,
there was our first product certification.
How we were really worried and excited
all together, how we proudly passed on the
certificate to refinery management! That
is when the everyday low and high points
started. Laboratory veterans remember
how we used to get to work, how difficult it
was to get to a bus, and how many potholes
and huge puddles we had to cross to get to
the laboratory. It wasn’t for everyone, and
many people left, but the backbone of the
laboratory is still here.
Amanali:
I was invited to the refinery in
autumn 1984 from the Atyrau refinery. The
Shymkent refinery had only just been built
and there were no fences, and building
materials and equipment lay everywhere...
Transportation from the town was irregular
and we got to work any way we could
- catching a lift, taking the bus or even
walking. We were young though and all
we wanted was to see the results of what
we were doing. Instead of 8 hours we
worked 12-14 hours a day, weren’t scared
of the cold or the living conditions. We had
families of four living in 8 m2 hostel rooms.
Zhaksylyk:
When I started at the
refinery as an electricity unit foreman in
1979, only the workover, equipment depot
and mechanical repair departments were
ШМӨЗ құрылысшылары символикалық кілт тапсыруда, 1985 / Строители вручают символический ключ
ШНПЗ, 1985 / Builders hand over a symbolic key of the Shymkent refinery, 1985
tHeY GRew uP toGetHeR
Growing up together with the company you work for, experiencing the many stages
of development, overcoming the difficulties, and enjoying the successes - that really
is an achievement! In honour of the 30th anniversary of the shymkent refinery, we
have been talking to those who have been there since the very first days, sharing their
memories, hearing their advice to the youngsters and listening to their thoughts on
how the refinery has developed.
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up and running. The water supply, sewage,
and treatment works were only just starting
to hire people.
The refinery site back then was
completely different from what it is today.
It was almost waste ground with a building
here, tanks and unfinished building
there. The team was small and we all
knew each other by sight. We were young
and ambitious, and suffered the small
salaries with the prospect of receiving an
apartment in 5-10 years. Overtime and no
bonuses during the refinery construction
period were the norm.
Saktagan:
The young experts coming to
build the Shymkent refinery were not only
from Kazakhstan, but also from all corners
of the Soviet Union. This was the trend in
the refinery early years.
Before being invited to work at the new
Shymkent refinery in 1984, I was the head
of the Atyrau refinery crude distillation
unit. Shymkent back then was already
a well-developed industrial town with
a large number of operating industrial
facilities. Due to the number of existing
industrial giants, nobody wanted to
concentrate on the new oil refinery, and
we were constantly in search of workers
and specialists.
Then along came political reforms,
which led to a huge number of experts
leaving and going home. Also many of
the large concerns began to close down,
including the petrochemistry giants such
as the phosphorous and tyre factories.
Their people run to work for us. The new
competition worked to our benefit in terms
of professional development and local
staff, who began to form the backbone of
the refinery’s specialists.
- What of the many changes at the
refinery do you think is the most
critical?
Bolat:
After the end of the Soviet Union,
a lot of companies closed down, but our
refinery, thanks to the management team
of Asilbekov and Bauman, kept going.
We have grown with the arrival of each
new team. The Bizakov team brought
with it its own ideas and approach to
refinery operations – all of this in the
market economy transition period. Then
the canadians came, in the form of the
Hurricane Group. We learnt up-to-date
management practice from them.
However, the greatest positive changes
came with the arrival of cNPc and KMG,
when finally the issue of upgrading and
modernising the refinery became an issue.
Oleg:
The ability to adapt in difficult
situations. Happened to be without Russian
crude at the end of the Soviet Union, the
refinery was able to transition to refining
Kumkol oil. It wasn’t easy as Kumkol oil is
different and we had to make significant
changes to technical processes to refine
paraffin-rich Kumkol oil and generate
quality petroleum products. I believe that
if we hadn’t had done that as quickly as
we did, I don’t know what would have
happened to the refinery, and to us.
Amanali:
When other industrial
concerns were closing down, we remained
profitable and even managed to set off
on new development paths. Bizakov’s
arrival at the refinery coincided with
a time of regeneration. We created a
modern working approach, both in
technical terms and in terms of working
relationships, creating contemporary and
effective working conditions (computers,
social improvements and others). Salaries
were increased, taking into account each
person’s skills, and performance bonuses
were introduced. This, of course, led to
higher demands on performance. All
that in whole made each team member
to concentrate his efforts to develop
the enterprise. Initiative, openness,
responsibility, trust, quality control and
teamwork all became the key to the
refinery’s success and future development.
Natalya:
The refinery upgrade, which
will not only help increase light petroleum
product output and raise quality to global
standards, but will result in new products
and a reduction in harmful waste products.
Most importantly, it will increase the
refinery’s importance to the national
economy. In addition, with the launch of
natalya Koryachkina
Education:
Tomsk Polytechnic
Institute
Refinery starting date: 1985
Career: Shift Laboratory Technician,
central Laboratory Inspector,
central Laboratory Engineer, control
Laboratory Head, Refinery Laboratory
Head, Refinery Laboratory Technical
control Manager.
Contribution:
- took part in laboratory technical re-
equipment projects to improve testing
quality and speed, improve laboratory
working and safety conditions
(construction and commission of
storage warehouse for empty and
full gas cylinders); upgrade and
commission of a laboratory fire alarm
system; fireproofing of the laboratory
apparatus floor to reduce fire risks.
Awards:
- Gold President’s Award (2010);
- RK Ministry of Energy certificate of
Merit.
oleg Goryachkovskiy
Education: Kazakh chemical and
Technical Institute, Shymkent
Refinery starting date: 1978
Career: Senior Engineer-Economist
in Production Department, Senior
Engineer in Technical Department,
Deputy Head of Maintenance, Acting
chief Engineer, Deputy Head of
Maintenance, Technical Department
Head, Head of Production Planning,
and Technical Department Head.
Contribution:
- development and implementation
of technology to refine oil blends from
Kumkol, West Siberia and Aktobe into
jet fuel;
- implementation of a modern
catalytic agent at Units 200 and 300/1;
- managed rationalisation and
innovative activities at PKOP;
- increased the share of high-octane
gasoline to 65.3%.
Awards:
- President’s Award (2012-silver,
2013-silver and 2014-bronze);
- PetroKazakhstan certificate of Merit
in honour of the 20th anniversary of
PKOP, and a KazMunaiGas certificate
of Merit.
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new facilities, the youngsters working for
us will learn new techniques and skills,
which will help them become high-class
specialists.
- Which of PKOP’s achievements
are you most proud of?
Amanali:
The refinery’s greatest asset,
apart from its technical facilities and
apparatus, is its experienced experts and
dedicated employees, for many of whom
the refinery is like home, a second family,
and represents stability, pride in success
and a dignified life. I believe it is extremely
important that this does not change and is
actively promoted.
Natalya:
There is a lot to be proud of -
the refinery has grown, new facilities have
been built, product ranges have increased
and improved …. I am proud that in 1994
we won the international Golden Globe
prize for our ecologically friendly low-
sulphur diesel. Not many people remember
that, and the younger generation isn’t even
aware we ever won it.
Zhaksylyk:
I am proud of the decisions
and actions of the refinery’s directors. It’s
thanks to them that the refinery stood
strong during the difficult times. For
example, in the difficult 90’s, the refinery
still managed to guarantee its people a good
job; or at the start of the new millennium,
when the refinery, just like us, took the path
towards the market economy, or when,
with the arrival of foreign management,
we began to transition to contemporary
technology and management practices.
Saktagan:
Today, the refinery has great
potential in the form of its young experts
dealing with scientific research at its
central laboratory. Their research helps
us resolve current technical issues such as
how to reduce oil and petroleum product
losses during the refining process, and
ecological issues such as how to extract
oil from oil sludge and sewage recycling,
all of which have a positive impact on the
refinery’s ecology policy.
Bolat:
I am especially proud of the
implementation of the process control
system in 1993-1994.
- What, in your opinion, still needs
to be done at PKOP?
Oleg:
We need to complete
Modernization Project in time which will
upgrade our production to a completely
new level.
Natalya:
I believe we need to focus
on our younger colleagues, develop a
mentoring culture and teach them to love
their work and about the history of the
refinery and its many dynasties. All of this
will create a strong foundation for staff and
corporate development.
ЭЛТқ-Ақ (мұнайды атмосфералық айдау және электрмен тұзсыздандыру қондырғысы) ЛК-6У қондырғысының
100 секциясы / ЭЛОУ-АТ (электрообессоливающая установка атмосферной перегонки), секция 100,
установка ЛК-6У / cDU (crude Distillation Unit) Unit-100, LK-6U
Amanali emberdiev
Education: Kazakh chemical and
Technical Institute, Shymkent
Refinery starting date: 1984
Career: Unit-100 LK-6U Senior Operator,
chairman of the PKOP Trade Union
committee, Ecology and Work Safety
Department Director, chief Technical
Director, Labor Protection, Safety &
Environment Department Director.
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