The Turkmenbashi complex of oil refineries launched another major investment project - the construction of a unit of delayed coking in combination with a unit of tar deasphalting. As the Turkmenistan.ru correspondent has learnt from the Ministry of Oil and Gas Industry, a modern complex worth more than EUR 200 million is being built by Turkish company "Lotus Energy" on a "turnkey" basis in accordance with the base project developed by the international corporation "Foster Wheeler" (USA) and detailed designs developed by the construction firm "FW Italian", which is the Italian branch of the corporation.
The delayed coking unit is designed for processing 900 thousand tons of raw materials per year, while the tar deasphalting unit - for processing 500 thousand tons. The implementation of this project will help significantly increase the production at the Turkmenbashi oil refineries that is in great demand domestically and overseas.Coke is used as fuel and reagent in the ferrous electrometallurgy, in steel melting, in production of aluminum and its alloys, in manufacture of electrodes for various purposes. Asphalt-free oil is a valuable raw material for the base engine oil and clean high-octane gasoline. The residual asphalt and resin will be used for the manufacture of high-quality road asphalt.
