At Shebelynka GPP, the next upgrade stage at which a new diesel fuel hydrotreating reactor was put into service has been completed.

The new reactor is equipped with a catalyst system by the leading international Company UOP, including the modern cobalt-molybdenum catalyst HYT-4118 designed for the production of diesel fuel with ultra-low sulfur content and low hydrogen consumption.

The preparation for putting the new reactor into operation took more than a year, and it was commissioned directly during the scheduled preventive repair that ended on October 11.

UOP engineers supervised the catalyst loading into the reactor and a complex of commissioning operations.

“At first, we have assured the quality of the products we produce, and now we are working on increasing the production capacity,” Serhiy Fedorenko, the Director for Commercial Issues, Ukrgasvydobuvannya, comments. “The new reactor increases the hydrotreating unit capacity at Shebelynka GPP up to 200 ths. t per annum.”

Additional information

Shebelynka GPP (Shebel) is a structural unit of JSC Ukrgasvydobuvannya, one of two currently operating oil processing plants in Ukraine. The plant traces its history back to 1956. The most substantial modernization for the last 20 years carried out in 2015–2017 made it possible to start producing Euro 5 standard products exclusively. The fuel produced by Shebelynka GPP has been sold in the market under the Shebel brand since 2018.