Uzbekneftegaz selects Axens’ advanced technologies for production of Euro V gasoline at Bukhara refinery
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Learn MoreAxens has been awarded by Uzbekneftegaz, the Uzbekistan’s state-owned oil and gas company, a Basic Engineering and License contract for the modernization project of Bukhara Oil Refinery. The target of this project is to enable the production of Euro 5 gasoline in compliance with the highest international standards.
As a major licensor in the refining field, Axens has long-standing partnership with Uzbekneftegaz, accompanying Bukhara Oil Refinery with technical services and catalyst supply for the optimum operation of the plants since the first process units licensed by Axens’ were put in operation in 1997.
As part of the project, Axens is providing the best-in-class process technologies coming from continuous research and development for the Naphtha Hydrotreating, C5/C6 Isomerization and 2-Stage PyGas Hydrogenation units. Together with the existing Naphtha Hydrotreater and CCR-Reforming Units originally licensed by Axens, these five units of the gasoline block will enable the production of 1.10 million tons per year of a blend of RON 92 and RON 95 Euro-5 gasoline for the domestic market. The valorization of the by-product and the production of cleaner fuels using a reduced CO2 emission scheme will enable lowering the environmental impact of Bukhara refinery.
Axens has been collaborating with Uzbekneftegaz for more than two decades, providing products and operational support. Axens is proud of Uzbekneftegaz’s renewed trust and is looking forward to working with Uzbekneftegaz engineering team and to share its know-how, process expertise and advanced technology solutions with low CO2 emission for the modernization of Bukhara refinery.
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