Interfax reported that Omsk Oil Refinery which is part of Gazprom Neft increased total oil processing by 3.6%YoY to 10.2 million tonnes in January to June 2012.

The refinery production on high-octane gasoline increase by 15.7% to 2 million tonnes. Production of low-viscosity ship fuel went up almost 400% to 567,900 tonnes.

From January to June, Omsk Oil Refinery produced 785,700 tonnes of aviation fuel and 920,500 tonnes of heavy fuel for sea vessels up by 10.4% and 44.9%YoY respectively.

The refinery launched hydro treatment facilities for motor fuel and gasoline with capacity at 1.2 million tonnes in May. A second unit, a hydro treatment facility for diesel fuel with capacity at 3 million tonnes, will be commissioned in the third quarter of this year. All gasoline production the refinery, starting from 2013, will meet Class 5 standards.

The facility refined 19.95 million tonnes of oil in 2011. The refinery's oil conversion rate for last year came to 84.05%.

Source - Interfax

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