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Russia s Achinsk refinery is planning works in July. Russia s Surgut gas condensate processing plant is expected to starts works in July for about three weeks. It typically carries out works around July-August. Russia s Salavat refinery is currently carrying out partial works. The works involve cleaning and inspecting six units. Uzbekistan s Bukhara has completed its planned maintenance, which was due to last ten days. The refinery has been restarting since April 16 following works, which started April 5. The maintenance involved cleaning the heat exchangers and furnace pipes, as well as replacing the catalyst for the naphtha hydrotreater. Works were also carried out on the CDU unit. ....
Lukoil’s Volgograd is planning works from March and Perm in April. Works are planned for the Rosneft’s Novoil refinery in March. Rosneft’s Novokuybishev, Komsomolsk, Ufa and Ryazan refineries also plan works from April. Existing entries Russia’s Angarsk refinery has stopped diesel sales on the St. Petersburg exchange due to planned works, according to market sources. The duration was not specified. The company was not available to comment. Russia’s Orsk refinery plans to carry out the first maintenance on its hydrocracker in 2021. Upgrades New and revised entries Belarus Mozyr refinery is preparing for the gradual launch of its new hydrocracker H-Oil, the country’s Belta news agency said. The complex includes the hydrocracker, hydrogen and sulfur units. The completion of the hydrocracker H-Oil complex at Mozyr will cut fuel oil output and increase light products. The complex, with feedstock capacity of 3 million mt/year ....
REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: Mixed prospects for Russian Feb runs While smaller and medium-sized refineries are expected to keep runs low in February on poor economics, oil majors have been asked to ramp up runs at the country’s bigger refineries to secure sufficient gasoline stock accumulation by May 1. However, prospects for bigger refineries increasing runs imminently look dim as economics remain unfavorable. Spot prices for Russian crude oil for domestic loading and delivery by pipeline in February are some Rb2,000/mt ($26.3/mt) higher month on month on a combination of firmer Brent prices and a weaker ruble, while prices of crude delivered by rail were heard Rb3,000/mt higher on the month. Smaller and medium-sized refineries that buy some of their crude at fixed prices are expected to either reduce throughput or halt completely on poor economics. ....
REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: Russian Feb runs likely to remain lower Russian refineries are expected to maintain lower throughput in February as economics remain unfavorable, with throughputs potentially set to start increasing in March as products demand rises, according to market sources. Meanwhile, as international prices have firmed, refineries in southern Russia have been ramping up gasoil exports by shipping product previously accumulated in stocks. Separately, Gazprom Neft’s Moscow refinery is now producing high spec winter diesel with cold properties up to minus 32 degrees Celsius and improved environmental qualities. Production of the grade, known as Class 2, has been possible since the refinery launched its Euro+ complex last July. The new complex allows the refinery to produce winter diesel without the need for additives. ....
REFINERY NEWS ROUNDUP: Russian plants reduce runs in January Russian refineries are expected to reduce throughput in January on poor economics and also fewer working days due to the New Year holidays, with more pronounced cuts anticipated at smaller and medium-sized refineries that are predominantly export-oriented. Some of them will process from stocks or run in “hot circulation mode”, according to sources. Bigger refineries that cover domestic demand are also likely to reduce runs, but to a lesser extent. As a result more volumes have been directed to exports, with Urals monthly exports at the largest combined monthly volume since April, when Russian refineries cut throughput significantly due to the nationwide lockdown. ....