BAKU, Azerbaijan, Sept. 8
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
The Fergana refinery will be able to produce RON-92 fuel and higher, as well as Euro-5 diesel fuel, Trend reports referring to the interview of Director of the Fergana Oil Refinery Khabib Latipov to UzA.uz national information agency.
The work on reconstruction and modernization of the enterprise will last for three years. The future configuration of the refinery will include a hydrocracking complex, as well as modernized fuel and oil units, which will increase the depth of oil refining up to 92 percent, contributing to an increase in the yield of oil products with high added value.
“The production of aviation and diesel fuel, as well as base and commercial oils, will increase, bringing the capacity utilization level of the Fergana refinery to two million tons of hydrocarbons by 2023,” said Latipov.
Fergana Oil Refinery is one of the leading enterprises for the production of fuels and lubricants in the region. At present, the plant employs about 7,000 people, many of whom continue the family dynasties of the company's employees.
At the same time, the plant covers three regions - Namangan, Fergana and Tashkent, where production facilities are located. The organizational and technological changes carried out at the plant will affect all spheres of its activity.
To date, technological flow diagrams, material and heat balances, as well as a preliminary master plan of licensed installations have been developed.
“Despite all the difficulties associated with the coronavirus pandemic, we do not stop and carry out the necessary work in compliance with all precautions. Along with technical modernization, the enterprise carries out an equally important task of creating the most efficient production by forming digital models of control and decision-making,” said the director.
In order to increase labor productivity and stability of the operations performed, a project was developed, a schematic diagram of the modernization and expansion of the fiber-optic network was built, and the corresponding equipment was purchased.
With the implementation of this project, the data transfer rate of the plant's information network will increase from 2 Mbit/s to 1 Gbit/s and will provide full coverage of its territory.
At the moment, a 100 percent payment has been made under the contract concluded with Axens for the manufacture of a diesel hydrotreating catalyst to quickly replace the old one with a more modern and highly efficient one. This will allow producing diesel fuel of at least Euro 4 standard at the end of October 2020.
“After the modernization of the Fergana Oil Refinery, the plant, producing a high-quality and affordable wide range of products in demand, must restore its status quo on the territory of Uzbekistan and neighboring Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan and Afghanistan,” Latipov noted.
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