Romanian group for $1bn Kazak contract

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Rominserv, part of the Rompetrol Group, has won a $1.072bn contract to modernise and increase the processing capacity of Pavlodar refinery in Kazakhstan, Rompetrol announced 1 Aug.

The programme targets the increase of the processing capacity to 7 million tons/year, the increase of the refining yield as well as the improvement of the product quality and the reduction of the environmental impact.

Rominserv has carried out similar projects within Rompetrol's refineries Petromidia Năvodari and Vega Ploieşti – reaching a capacity of 5 million tons at Petromidia - the biggest in Romania.

In the first stage, the Romanian company will ensure the project and the procuring of materials and equipment for the construction of new installations, as well as for the upgrading of the existent ones.

During 2014, Pavlodar refinery will study the launching of the second phase of the project, which aims to improve the yield of the crude and increased production of high quality fuels. This phase is expected to be completed during 2018.

The modernization program includes the revampl of 10 plants: Crude Distillation Unit, Vacuum Distillation Unit, Kero Hydrotreater, Diesel Hydrotreater Unit, Merox, Naphta Hydrotreater, Vacuum Gas Oil, Catalytic Cracking Unit, Catalytic Reforming Unit, Utilities and Off-sites.

New facilities will also be built: Penex isomerisation unit, Sulphur Recovery Unit, Sour Water Stripping, Amine Regeneration Unit and Diesel Hydrotreater and Dewaxing.

The Pavlodar refinery, situated in the North-West of the country, was built in 1978, being designed for the processing of the Siberian oil.  A member of KazMunayGas since 2009, is the biggest oil production unit in Kazakhstan and the most modern in Central Asia.  In 2012, Pavlodar refinery processed 5 million tons of oil.

Rompetrol is owned by Kazakhstan national oil and gas company KazMunayGas and is present in 12 countries. The majority of its assets are in France, Romania, Spain and South Eastern Europe.

With annual sales of around $11bn in 2012, Rompetrol is involved in refining, marketing and trading activities, as well as in exploration and production activities, oil and industrial services.