ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 18. The Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant (KazMunayGas subsidiary) has completed its scheduled maintenance operations as planned, Trend reports via KazMunayGas.
Scheduled work began on June 18 and was completed on July 16 of the current year, finishing one day ahead of the schedule approved by Kazakhstan’s Ministry of Energy.
During the maintenance period, the following tasks were carried out:
Technical inspection and assessment of 137 pressure-operated units of equipment;
Maintenance of 16 sections of process furnaces;
Overhaul of more than 930 process pipelines totaling over 140,000 linear meters in length;
Repairs on 78 units of pumping and compressor equipment;
Scheduled inspection of instrumentation, automation systems, and electrical equipment.
“At the crude oil primary processing unit, complex work was done to replace electro-dehydrators and metal structures. The total weight of the new equipment reached 512 tons. Additionally, storage tanks for liquefied gas with a total weight of 216 tons were replaced. These measures will significantly enhance the reliability and safety of operations,” the company added.
To improve the quality of output, internal components of several process columns were replaced:
Column K-102 at the crude oil primary processing unit;
Columns K-101, K-105, K-108, and K-601 at the deep oil processing complex;
Column K-201 at the sulfur production unit;
Column K-1 at the delayed coking unit;
A total of 1,310 specialists and 107 units of automotive and specialized equipment were involved in the maintenance operations.
Scheduled maintenance ensures the stability of equipment and
increases production efficiency at the Pavlodar Petrochemical
Plant.
The Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant, built in 1978 near Pavlodar, is
one of Kazakhstan’s three major refineries and today operates under
KazMunayGas Processing & Marketing, processing around 5.1–6 million
tonnes of crude per year with a depth of conversion exceeding 85
percent.
