【Tour of Overseas Petrochemical Projects】Kazakhstan’s Atrau Refinery Wins the First Luban Award for a Petrochemical Engineering Company (Overseas Project)
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This post was last edited by Desert Fish on 2021-12-4 at 19:32. On December 10, 2019, at the China Construction Industry Technology Innovation and the 2018-2019 Lu Ban Award for High-Quality Construction Projects in China, the \"turnkey\" construction project for the oil deep processing complex at the Atyrau refinery in Kazakhstan, carried out by Sinopec Refining & Chemical Engineering Group, won the Lu Ban Award for overseas projects. This is the first overseas project of the Refining and Petrochemical Engineering Group to receive this honor. This project is one of the key components of Kazakhstan’s industrial strategic development plan. It is a crucial initiative undertaken by Kazakhstan to increase the level of crude oil processing, boost the production of high-octane gasoline, diesel, and aviation fuel, and ensure that these fuels meet the Euro V standards. The project mainly includes a total of 12 process units such as catalytic cracking, naphtha hydroprocessing, and diesel hydroprocessing, along with related supporting systems, for a total of 61 units. Once fully completed, the project will be able to produce gasoline and diesel that meet Euro IV and Euro V emission standards, thereby reducing the need to import high-standard fuels in Harbin. It holds significant importance for promoting the upgrading of Harbin’s petrochemical industry. At the same time, it also drove exports of Chinese complete sets of equipment and materials worth over 600 million dollars, creating a **\"new brand image\"** for China’s refining and chemical processing technologies. The project was carried out by Sinopec Refining & Chemical Engineering Group under the EPCC contract model, with its subsidiary companies, Luoyang Engineering Company and the Tenth Construction Company, responsible for the actual implementation. The \"turnkey\" handover ceremony was successfully held at the end of May 2019. This marks the first time that Sinopec has managed to export its entire range of refining and chemical engineering design technologies to the Central Asian market. It is also an important step and a significant achievement in Sinopec’s efforts to implement the **Belt and Road Initiative**. It holds great importance for strengthening long-term energy cooperation between China and Kazakhstan, deepening the friendship between the two countries, and contributing to their economic and social development.
As reported on June 21, 2017, the main fan of the 2.43 million tons per year catalytic cracking unit at the Atrau refinery in Kazakhstan was successfully tested recently. This marks the entry of the oil deep processing project in Kazakhstan, for which Sinopec Group is responsible for the overall project management, Luoyang Engineering Company is in charge of the EPCC phase, and Shijian Corporation is undertaking the construction work, into the stage of trial operation with feedstock introduced. The Atrau refinery was built in 1945 and is one of the three largest refineries in Kazakhstan. As early as 2010, a project team composed of SEG Luoyang Engineering Company, Shijian, Wujian and other units took on the task of constructing a turnkey aromatic compounds plant that included facilities for continuous reforming with a capacity of 1 million tons per year and PX production with a capacity of 500,000 tons per year. The project was completed and passed the acceptance inspection by the local authorities at the end of December 2015. The petroleum deep processing project, which consists of 13 process units and supporting systems such as catalytic cracking and gasoline/diesel hydrogenation units, began construction in December 2013 and is now in the later stages of development. Among them, the newly built catalytic cracking unit serves as the key facility of the entire petroleum deep processing project, and it is also the largest and most modern of its kind in Kazakhstan at present. To ensure that the main fan of the catalytic cracking unit enters the commissioning phase as scheduled, a unit commissioning team composed of the project owner, as well as experts and technicians from participating companies such as Luoyang Engineering Company and Shijian, carried out thorough preparations and organized labor competition activities. Representatives of the various participating units stated at the labor competition mobilization meeting that, building on the success of the main fan’s trial operation, they would make further efforts to complete the construction of the other installations and units, carry out individual unit tests and joint operations, so as to contribute to the full completion and commissioning of the entire project by the end of the year. They are committed to turning the Atrau refinery into a new symbol for Sinopec in expanding its refining and chemical engineering business in Central Asia.
In Kazakhstan, CNPC’s natural gas projects and Sinopec’s refinery projects are symbols of China.
The two brothers each focused on their areas of expertise; CNPC seems to have also upgraded a small refinery in Kazakhstan
【Tour of Overseas Petrochemical Projects】Chimkent Refinery in Kazakhstan – A key Sino-Kazakhstani capacity cooperation project for the renovation and upgrading by CNPC https://bbs.hcbbs.com/thread-3277204-1-1.html (Source: Haichuan Chemical Forum)
Is there anyone you know from your family involved in this project?
Yes, several of our brothers are participating. :lol