Pavlodar petrochemical plant to receive one million tons of Russian oil

"In October, the plant received 500,000 tons of Russian oil. Another 500,000 tons of raw materials from Russia will be delivered during each of the remaining months - November and December," general director of the company Shukhrat Danbay told Trend.

He noted that the plan for processing amounted to five million tons this year. There have been no disruptions in the supply of raw materials from Russia since autumn," Danbay said.

The Pavlodar refinery was built in the 1970s, during the Soviet era and initially was technologically oriented on processing Russian crude oil from fields in Western Siberia.

PPCP produces gasoline, diesel and jet fuel, fuel oil, natural gas, oil, bitumen, coke and sulphur.

The design capacity is 7.5 million tons per year, refining depth about 85 per cent. PPCP shareholders are TOO Refinery Company RT (subsidiary of KMG - processing and marketing) - 58 per cent, and NWF Samruk-Kazyna - 42 per cent.

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