Uzbekneftegaz selects Axens’ advanced technologies for production of Euro V gasoline at Bukhara refinery
4th Jun 2024 Axens has been awarded by Uzbekneftegaz, the Uzbekistan’s state-owned oil and gas company, a Basic Engineering and License contract for the modernization project of Bukhara Oil Refinery . The target of this project is to enable the production of Euro 5 gasoline in compliance with the highest international standards. As a major licensor in the refining field, Axens has long-standing partnership with Uzbekneftegaz, accompanying Bukhara Oil Refinery with technical services and catalyst supply for the optimum operation of the plants since the first process units licensed by Axens’ were put in operation in 1997. As part of the project, Axens is providing the best-in-class process technologies coming from continuous research and development for the Naphtha Hydrotreating, C5/C6 Isomerization and 2-Stage PyGas Hydrogenation units. Together with the existing Naphtha Hydrotreater and CCR-Reforming Units originally licensed by Axens, these five units of the gasoline block will enable...