Omsk Refinery - a subsidiary of Gazpromneft

Omsk Refinery is recognized by WRA (World Association of Oil Refining Companies) as the best oil refinery in 2012. This is a subsidiary of Gazpromneft. The enterprise's capacities allow producing 21.4 million tons of oil annually. The plant produces gasoline and diesel fuel, which comply with European standards 4 and 5. In 2013, the company's products entered the hundred of "Best Goods of Russia". Omsk refinery is carrying out large-scale re-equipment and modernization, which mainly affects the systems for cleaning products from harmful and toxic impurities. At the same time, the issues of increasing the degree of industrial safety, optimization of enterprise management, cleaning of industrial wastewater are being addressed. In 2013, the company reached 95% of its capacity.

Company History

In order to provide the Kazakh SSR and the Urals with fuel and lubricants, in 1949 the USSR leadership decided to build a plant in Western Siberia. The Omsk site was rated as optimal. The raw material for processing was to be Bashkir oil. Design and construction lasted 6 years, and on 05.09.1955 the first furnace for the first refinery installation was commissioned. This day is still considered to be the birth of the company and is celebrated with corporate celebrations. The first decade on the Bashkir raw materials, the Omsk refinery processed only 3 million tons each year. But since 1964 the company began to receive oil from Siberia. Tyumen deposits gave impetus to the development of the refinery. At first it was delivered by tankers, but later the Ust-Balyk-Omsk pipeline was laid. This led the company to the leaders of the processing industry.

Development of refineries in Soviet times

At all stages of development the enterprise mastered new capacities, advanced technologies were introduced, and re-equipment was carried out. The development of the catalytic cracking system was a turning point, as it allowed the company to produce quality motor oils and significantly increase their production volumes. Omsk Refinery acquired, installed and commissioned the ELOU-AVT 6M unit, which could produce 6 million tons annually. Since that moment, the list of products has expanded significantly, and volumes have increased. Since 1983, the company operates a complex that produces aromatic hydrocarbons, which began to acquire not only domestic consumers, but also abroad.

The new stage of development of the Omsk Refinery

In Perestroika, the enterprise, like all others, passed the stage of reforming. OAO "Omsk Oil Refinery" was registered. There were difficult times of the 90s, but by the beginning of the XXI century the enterprise began to work again in a normal mode. At the initiative of the Gazpromneft corporation, the Omsk Refinery became a part of it. In 2001, a sulfuric acid alkylation unit was commissioned, and the plant switched to the production of exclusively unleaded gasolines. The Omsk refinery was also the first to produce Super-98 gasoline in the Russian Federation. The official site (onpz.gazprom-neft.ru) also reports that in the early 2000s the reconstruction and modernization of the reformer was completed, which is capable of producing 1 million tons per year. At the same time, other equipment was modernized.

Leader in the processing industry forever

Omsk Refinery occupies the top positions in the list of Russian enterprises for the output of light petroleum products and the depth of raw material purification. The company owns the largest set of technological processes for the production of diesel fuel, gasolines and aromatic hydrocarbons. In 2011, a billion tons of crude oil was processed since the plant was founded. The first enterprise in the Russian Federation, which reached such an indicator, is the Omsk Refinery. The oil refinery today produces about fifty products. This is gasoline for cars, fuel for rocket and diesel engines, fuel oil for furnaces, household gas, paraxylene, benzene, coke, toluene, bitumen, technical sulfur, benzene and other products.

Fire in the enterprise

At the end of May 2010, there was a disaster at the Omsk Refinery. At half past seven in the evening the fire control panel received a signal - an explosion occurred in one of the sections of the process furnace. A hole of 10 meters in size was formed in the installation. The enterprise started a fire, which was awarded the 3rd category. With fire, 25 firefighters fought, and after 2 hours it was completely extinguished. Two employees of the enterprise suffered, and the Omsk oil refinery suffered great damage. Productivity fell by 10%, but after half a year the plant again worked at full capacity.

Activities to improve the environment

Omsk refinery is focused on the production of fuel of European environmental standards - it is not only improving the quality of products, but ultimately reducing the emissions of harmful substances into the Earth's atmosphere. Among the Russian enterprises, the Omsk Refinery is the leader in the production of environmentally friendly fuel. The official site of the enterprise contains information that in 2016 the plant plans to begin construction of ultra-modern treatment facilities that will allow to purify industrial waste from waste by 99%, and industrial emissions into the atmosphere - by 90%. A 6-step system of mechanical, physical-chemical, biological treatment with active silt will be built. Then coal and sand filters will enter the case, and the final phase is ultraviolet disinfection. The area of the buildings will be 6 hectares. Thus, the whole complex will take less space than the current one, but it will be more efficient. Also, the system will reduce water consumption of the plant by half.