Nursultan Nazarbayev inspects Atyrau oil refinery

President familiarized with the implementation of two investment projects «Construction of the production of aromatic hydrocarbons» and «Construction of oil advanced refining complex».
The projects are being implemented with a view to produce high-quality goods that meet international environmental standards as well as raw materials for the development of the national petrochemical industry.
Aromatics production will yield raw materials for the petrochemical industry - benzene and paraxylene. The project's cost is USD 1 billion 64 million.
President was informed that the production will be commissioned in September 2014. Its design capacity is 133 tons of benzene and 496 thousand tons of paraxylene per year.
Project on advanced oil refining is being realized under the state program of Forced Industrial-Innovative Development. The project's cost equals to USD 1 billion 680 million. The unit is designed to process 2 million 400 thousand tons of oil per year. It will increase the production of high-octane gasoline, aviation and diesel fuel. Output fuels will comply with Euro 5 standard.