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BNPZ will begin the transition to the production of Ai-91 and Ai-92 gasoline instead of Ai-80 from November-December
At the beginning of the year, the President of Uzbekistan instructed Prime Minister Abdullah Aripov to resolve the issue of the final abandonment of Ai-80 gasoline from 2025.
According to Uzbekneftegaz, due to the modernization of the Bukhara refinery, it is planned to produce high-octane gasoline grades Ai-92 and Ai-95 in the amount of 60% and 40%, respectively. All gasoline produced in excess of 1 million tons per year (originally planned 1.2 million tons) will comply with the Euro-5 environmental class, which will allow to abandon the production of Ai-80 of the Euro-2 class, the report says.
Odil Temirov said that for parallel design, work has begun with the French company Axens on a license agreement for the use of its technologies.
"They should complete the basic project by September. In parallel, we are working with a division of the Chinese CNPC (China National Petroleum Corporation), preparatory work is underway. We are working on the abandonment of Ai-80 gasoline separately, this is not related to a major modernization [of the plant]. In November-December, we will start production of Ai-91, Ai-92 instead of Ai-80, complete failure will begin from the beginning of 2025," he said.
According to Odil Temirov, now the products of the Bukhara refinery account for 85% of Ai-80 gasoline, and the remaining 15% are Ai-92 gasoline. Starting in November, this proportion will begin to change.
The deputy head of Uzbekneftegaz said that modernization work is underway with CNPC as part of the instructions of the president following his visit to China. The project will also be financed by Chinese investments, he said.
The three-stage modernization of the plant was launched in 2019. The project, developed by South Korean SK Engineering, provided for reaching the design capacity by the end of 2025 to process 2.5 million tons of oil and gas condensate and produce 1.2 million tons of Euro-5 gasoline, 200 thousand tons of jet fuel, 750 thousand tons of diesel fuel and 30 thousand tons of fuel oil annually.
