The Company starts construction of industrial sulphur plant
Gazprom neftekhim Salavat started implementation of another investment project — industrial sulphur plant with a capacity of 60 kta.
Industrial sulphur plant is intended for processing of additional hydrogen sulphide volumes which will be formed after start-up of the new catalytic cracking complex and revamping of hydrotreatment units on a phased basis. The plant will comprise a process unit and a loading rack for rail tank cars.
— The new industrial sulphur plant is an ecologically vital project which is aimed to reduce harmful emissions into the atmosphere. After start-up of the catalytic cracking complex and revamping of hydrotreatment units the amount of sulfurous gas will increase, so the existing capacities for its processing will be insufficient, — says Aleksandr Startsev, Head of Capital Construction Department, Gazprom neftekhim Salavat. — The unit will process sulfurous gas, producing industrial sulphur. Sulphur recovery efficiency will make at least 99.2 %. Further Industrial sulphur will be sold as a finished product. The new plant is scheduled for start-up in the fourth quarter of 2020.
At the Oil Refinery sulfurous gas is presently formed at hydrotreatment, gas fractionation, sulfur-alkaline waste water neutralization units and at catalytic cracking units as a by-product. It is processed at the operating elemental sulphur recovery unit producing industrial sulphur. The existing unit capacity is 38 kta. This unit will keep operating even after start-up of the new plant. Thus the two plants will be able to process all the sulfurous gas formed at Gazprom neftekhim Salavat production site.