M. Mirzagaliyev, Head of KazMunayGas, visits Atyrau Refinery

On 28 July 2022, Magzum Mirzagaliyev, Chairman of the Management Board of JSC NC “KazMunayGas”, visited Atyrau Refinery and inspected the restoration progress.

Atyrau Refinery is gradually starting up its rotating equipment and units.

During his visit to the refinery, M. Mirzagaliyev instructed the company’s management to complete commissioning and start-up as soon as possible, restore equipment and continue supplying oil products to consumers from current stocks. In addition, the Head of KMG stressed the need to take the necessary measures and procedures to further minimise the risk of abnormalities.

“Start-up and commissioning are currently ongoing at the refinery, process units are being gradually restored, and equipment is being cleaned of oil products and catalyst. Around 250 workers are involved in this work around the clock. Today we have 26,000 tonnes of gasoline, 22,000 tonnes of diesel fuel, and 4,000 tonnes of jet fuel in stock. There will be enough gasoline and diesel fuel to ship to consumers for 5–6 days and enough jet fuel for a week,” Murat Dosmuratov, CEO of Atyrau Refinery, reported.

Let us recall that the day before, the refinery suddenly lost power from the off-site grid resulting in an almost complete shutdown of Atyrau Refinery.

Power supply to Atyrau Refinery has now been restored. Feed supply is scheduled to start in the evening of 28 July.