Lukoil (Moscow; www.lukoil.com) has fully commissioned the Oil Deep Conversion Complex in Volgograd as part of a vacuum gasoil (VGO) hydrocracking facility at the company’s wholly owned oil refinery OOO Lukoil-Volgogradneftepererabotka.
The capacity of the site, said to be Russia’s largest VGO deep conversion complex, is 3.5 million metric tons per year (m.t./yr). The complex, which also has hydrogen and elemental sulfur production units and auxiliary facilities, was completed in just three years. In total, $2.2 billion was invested in the project.
The project, which created additional employment for 300 people, will allow an annual increase in output of EURO-5 diesel fuels, motor gasoline components and liquefied gases by 1.8, 0.6 and 0.1 million m.t. respectively. These products will be marketed in the southern parts of Russia primarily.
The VGO Deep Conversion Complex, designed by OOO Lukoil-Nizhegorodniinefteproyekt, was constructed by Russian and foreign contractors.