ASTANA, Kazakhstan, November 28. An automated emissions monitoring system (AEMS) has been launched at four technological facilities of the Atyrau Oil Refinery, Trend reports.
The environmental control instruments allow real-time monitoring of emissions of sulfur dioxide, soot, nitrogen oxides, and carbon monoxide in flue gases from furnaces and boilers. Data is transmitted every 20 minutes through the information system "National Data Bank on the State of the Environment and Natural Resources" to the regulatory authorities.
The refinery has 21 technological installations, of which only four are the main sources of emissions and fall under the "Rules for Operating the Automated Emissions Monitoring System for Environmental Control." According to these rules, AEMS must be installed at sources emitting 500 or more tons per year from a single source.
To note, the Atyrau Oil Refinery continues to work on reducing emissions into the environment. To this end, the company has developed a plan with targeted indicators for energy and resource conservation, as well as reducing emissions into the atmosphere, which is set to be implemented until 2031.
Established in 1945, Atyrau Oil Refinery (ANPZ LLP) is among the three major oil refineries in Kazakhstan. The design processing capacity is 5.5 million tons annually, with a processing depth of up to 86.4 percent. The company manufactures more than 20 types of petroleum products, including liquefied petroleum gases, automotive fuels, diesel fuels, jet fuels, vacuum gas oil, heating oil, fuel oil, marine fuel, petroleum cokes, technical sulfur, paraxylene, and benzene. Currently, the factory is the sole producer of petrochemical goods in Kazakhstan.