The first Russian project for Hobbs Valve is about to get underway, as major extension works are undertaken at the Novokuibyshevsk oil refinery in Samara, home to the country’s sixth largest city.
The crude distillation capacity of Novokuibyshevesk refinery is 8 MT per year – before the expansion. The refinery processes West Siberian crude as well as feedstock from owner Rosneft’s oil fields in the Samara region of Russia.
Deep conversion facilities include: catalytic cracking; delayed coking; catalytic reforming; kerosene and diesel fuel hydrotreatment units; bitumen production and gas fractionation units; and gasoline blending facilities. The upgrades to the site will include a catalytic reforming facility and isomerization unit along with a hydrocracking facility.