Pavlodar petro-chemical plant to increase the volume of petroleum refining by almost 13% in year 2006 and become one of the leaders among domestic PRs

/INTERFAX-KAZAKHSTAN, Pavlodar, April 5, 2006/ - Pavlodar petro- chemical plant (PPCP, in Pavlodar oblast, North Kazakhstan) plans to increase the volume of petroleum refining in the current year. According to the information given to the "Interfax-Kazakhstan" agency by Shukhrat Danbay, the deputy general director of the enterprise, in year 2006 PPCP plans to refine 4.2 m. tones of oil against 3.720 m. tones in year 2005 He emphasized that "If before we were on the second place after the Shymkent PPCP, which refines 4 m. tones, current indicators bring the Pavlodar petro-chemical plant on the first place". In accordance with his words, "a big job on equipment modernization and installation of new technologies, which today allows the enterprise to gradually increase the volumes" was conducted on the plant. Besides, S. Danbay continues that a strategic development plan till the year 2010, which proposes the installation of new technological lines and sets, was accepted on PPCP, whose planned production capacity is 7.5 m. tones of petroleum refining per year. "Today we have already started the construction of the so-called SHP-the set of hydrogen production. This is what will help us to save our petroleum and diesel oil from various dirt and make the fuel appropriate for European standards," he informes, adding that the given project, cost of which is $40 m., was developed by Koh-Glich, an Italian company. Putting into operation of the set of hydrogen production was planned on the IV decade of year 2007. "The next stage will become the start of polypropylene output department in year 2008, and in a year - the set of isomerization," S. Danbay reported. According to his data, the total volume of investments in the development of new technologies on the plant for four years will be more than $150 m. Pavlodar plant was built in 1978. The planned production capacity is 7.5 m. tones of oil per year. The depth of raw refining is 85%. There exist three PRs in Kazakhstan: in Shymkent (south), in Pavlodar (north) and in Atyrau (west). Atyrau PR is the only one in the state property. [2006-04-05]