OREANDA-NEWS. May 25, 2009. TNK-BP completed the overhaul of processing facilities at CJSC “Ryazan Oil Refinery Company” (RORC, operator of the Ryazan Refinery), the press service of TNK-BP said to the Petroleum Information Agency (ANI), reported the press-centre of TNK-BP.

Implementation of the modernization project will help the Ryazan Oil Refinery Company increase the quantity and improve the quality of oil products produced by the Ryazan Refinery.
In particular, a considerable amount of diesel fuel for Russian consumers will have a higher quality. Apart from that, the negative environmental impact will be minimized owing to the equipment revision carried out during the overhaul.

The total cost of the overhaul amounted to 870 million rubles.

The modernization and repair of 17 units at the Ryazan Refinery took 45 days, three days less than initially planned. Some 2,300 specialists of contractors were involved in the repair works.

Production processes did not stop at the refinery during the repair works. Suspension of processing facilities at the Ryazan Refinery did not affect the consumers, because a sufficient stock of raw materials and final products was accumulated at the refinery prior to the beginning of repair works.

Dmitry Bedarev, General Director of CJSC “Ryazan Oil Refinery Company” quoted by the press service, noted that the company managed to accomplish the overhaul in a short time without injuries and accidents.

The next repair of facilities and units at the refinery will start two years later.