Ryazan Refinery
 Gas torch at the refinery plant | |
  Location of Ryazan Refinery .svg) Ryazan Refinery (European Russia) | |
| City |  Ryazan, Russia |
|---|---|
| Coordinates | 54°34′33″N 39°44′37″E / 54.57583°N 39.74361°E |
| Refinery details | |
| Operator | Rosneft |
| Commissioned | 1960 |
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The Ryazan Refinery (Russian: Рязанский нефтеперерабатывающий заводз) is an oil refinery plant in the Russian city of Ryazan, one of the largest in the country. This refinery has belonged to the Russian state-owned company Rosneft since 2013.
History
[edit]Soviet Era
[edit]In October 1960, the oil refinery opened in the city of Ryazan, and became the industrial core in the area around the city.[1]
In August 1974, the Supreme Soviet awarded workers of the plant with honorary medals for their work.[2]
Russian Era
[edit]In 1993, the plant became privatized, and became a joint-stock company in 2002. From 2003 to 2013, the plant was a part of TNK-BP, and was modernized.[3] Since 2013, the plant has been controlled by the state-owned Rosneft.[4]
In March and May 2024, during the Russo-Ukrainian War, the refinery was hit twice by drones of the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[5][6] In January 2025, the refinery was once again hit by drones from the Armed Forces of Ukraine.[7][8]
Production
[edit]In the year 2016, the processing volume at the plant was at 15.35 million tons per year (approximately 309,000 barrels per day), slightly down from 16 million in 2015.[9] In 2024, the plant processed about 5% of Russia's refinery output; it converted 13 million tons of crude oil into 2.2 million tons of gasoline, 3.4 million tons of diesel, 4.3 million tons of fuel oil and 1 million of jet fuel.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ Bashkov, Vladimir (1976). На земле Рязанской. Moskovsky Rabochy. p. 41.
- ^ Issue No. 246 of Pravda, August 3, 1974.
- ^ "Russian refiners slowly building new units, upgrading refined product quality". Oil & Gas Journal. 2 August 2004. Archived from the original on 14 August 2024.
The Ryazan refinery has launched a large-scale modernization program. The first stage includes a renovation of the catalytic cracking unit that uses western technologies and doubles its capacity. TNK-BP will continue its Ryazan refinery modernization program. It will complete the construction of a diesel hydrofining plant. There are plans for construction of a sulfuric-acid alkylation plant in the near future. The Ryazan and Komsomolsk refineries are constructing a hydrotreaters currently.
- ^ "Роснефть: АО «Рязанская нефтеперерабатывающая компания»". Archived from the original on 2018-03-11. Retrieved 2018-03-11.
- ^ "Ukraine launches new wave of strikes against Russia's oil facilities". Washington Post. March 13, 2024.
- ^ "Ukrainian Drone Attack Sets Major Russian Oil Refinery on Fire". Bloomberg News. May 1, 2024.
- ^ a b "Ukrainian drones hit big Russian oil refinery at Ryazan, sources say". Reuters. 24 January 2025.
Ryazan oil refinery processed 13.1 million metric tons (262,000 barrels per day), or almost 5% of Russia's total refining throughput in 2024. It produced 2.2 million tons of gasoline, 3.4 million tons of diesel, 4.3 million tons of fuel oil and 1 million of jet fuel
- ^ "Drone attacks reported in Russia's Kursk, Ryazan and Bryansk oblasts – video". Ukrainska Pravda. Retrieved 2025-01-23.
- ^ "Основные показатели РНПК". Archived from the original on 2018-12-29. Retrieved 2018-03-11.