"Gazpromneft" to build a combined refining unit of a new generation at the Moscow Oil Refinery.

The Moscow Oil Refinery received a positive opinion from Glavgosekspertiza on the project documentation for the new industrial complex - the Integrated Refinery Unit (IRU).

IRU is designed for the primary processing of crude oil, production of high-octane petrol and diesel fuel of Euro-5 as well as vacuum gas oil. The new unit will meet the latest environmental requirements and replace the old outdated equipment.

The structure of the combined unit will consist of five blocks of the main equipment of  the primary oil refining unit CDU-AVT 6, a unit of petrol reforming, a diesel hydrotreating unit to unit isodewaxing, a gas fractionation unit and an amine regeneration unit. The annual capacity of primary oil refining unit will be 6 million tons. The performance of the petrol reforming and diesel hydrotreater units will be 1 and 2 million tons, respectively.