Хабаровский НПЗ повысит глубину переработку нефти

Spanish Market: Hydrogen, Oil products
25/01/23

Независимая нефтегазовая компания (ННК) собирается построить на Хабаровском НПЗ (мощность - 5 млн т/год) установку гидроочистки вакуумного газойля (ВГО) и установку по производству водорода, с целью углубления переработки нефти.

Ввод в строй блока гидроочистки ВГО позволит Хабаровскому НПЗ повысить выпуск компонентов автомобильного бензина и дизельного топлива. Процесс гидроочистки, который происходит с использованием молекул водорода, направлен на удаление из нефтяных фракций различных примесей, в том числе соединений серы и азота.

Правительство Хабаровского края сообщило в среду, что работы по строительству на НПЗ установок гидроочистки ВГО и производства водорода пройдут в текущем году, но не раскрыло предполагаемый срок ввода этих объектов в строй. Стоимость проекта оценивается в 41 млрд руб.

По данным участников рынка, в апреле-мае на Хабаровском НПЗ запланирован капитальный ремонт оборудования, в рамках которого будут остановлены оба блока первичной переработки нефти, а также установки гидрокрекинга, гидроочистки дизтоплива и каталитического риформинга.

Хабаровский НПЗ в 2022 г. работал с полной загрузкой - объем переработки сырья превысил 5 млн т, сообщили в региональном правительстве. В 2021 г. завод переработал 4,6 млн т нефти.

ННК рассматривает возможность увеличения мощности Хабаровского НПЗ до 10-15 млн т/год.

Анастасия Красинская

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