Atyrau Refinery Shipping Fuels and Lubricants During the Maintenance as Planned

Atyrau Refinery maintenance activities (Maintenance) run to the approved plan.

Scope of activities in process now include equipment cleaning, furnaces and reactors lining, worn-out equipment and catalysts replacement, column equipment internal devices modification, etc. Pressure vessels control, inspection and testing still continue.

Pre-emptively stocked petrol, diesel fuel, liquefied gas, jet fuel and other petroleum products are smoothly and steadily shipped in compliance with the plan of the RK Ministry of Energy.

The plant's petroleum stocks in the tankfarm are as follows to date: petrol - 10.9 thousand tons, diesel fuel - 4.1 thousand tons, jet fuel - 2.4 thousand tons, liquefied gas - 100 tons.

Atyrau Refinery ships daily an average of 1.1 th. tons of petrol and 1.2 th. tons of diesel fuel. AI-92 stored in the oil depots of West Kazakhstan as of 16 Oct 24 was about 2.7 th. tons, in transit - somewhat 1.29 th. tons. The total AI-92 (stored in oil depot + in transit) in the region is 3.98 thousand tons, which is approximately a two weeks' reserve.

The other KMG refineries boosted production of some fuels and lubricants to keep the domestic market stable. Thus, the Pavlodar Plant and PKOP (Shymkent Refinery) daily ship an average of 4.2 and 7.4 thousand tons of petrol and 7 and 5.5 thousand tons of diesel fuel, respectively.

As previously reported, maintenance and repair activities at the Atyrau Refinery and start of its routine operations is planned for the end of October 2024.