RYAZAN PETROLEUM REFINERY RYAZAN, USSR

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• Publication Date: December 1, 1971
• Content Type: REPORT

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Basic Imageiy Interpretation Report
Ryazan Petroleum Refinery ..
Ryazan, USSR
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DATE DECEMBER 1971
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CENTRAL INTELLIGENCE AGENCY
Directorate of Intelligence
Imagery Analysis Service
Ryazan Petroleum Refinery
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UTM COORDINATES GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
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MAP REFERENCE
15th RTS. USATC, Series 200, Sheet M0166-6HL, 4th ed, Sep 69, Scale 1:200,000
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Ryazan Petroleum Refinery is one of the ten largest Soviet refineries
with respect to charge capacity. The major production facilities present at the
refinery include crude oil distillation units, thermal and catalytic cracking
units, a catalytic reforming-hydrotreating unit, catalytic reforming units, a.
possible hydrorefining unit, probable hydrotreating units, and a gas fractionation
unit. Other facilities include a dewaxing unit, a probable deasphalting unit, a
probable solvent extraction unit, and a sulfuric acid plant. Two secondary process-
ing units were under construction in May 1971, the date of the latest photography
used in this report.
The main products of the refinery are straight-run, cracked, reformed,
and blended gasolines. Other products include kerosene, diesel and fuel oils,
waxes, petrochemical feedstocks, sulfuric acid, and probably lubricating oils
and asphaltic materials.
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In May 1962, the date of the earliest photography used in this report, the
refinery appeared operational, but no indicators of operation were observed. It
has been observed operating on all subsequent coverage from September 1963 through
May 1971.
This report includes a detailed line drawing, a photograph of the refinery,
a listing of facilities with measurements of storage tanks, and a discussion of the
status of facilities.
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Ryazan Petroleum Refinery is located on the southern outskirts of Ryazan
(see Figure 1). It reportedly began operating in 1962. 1/
The refinery is served by a spur from the main rai! line between Ryazan
and Michurinsk. Crude oil to charge the refinery comes via pipeline from the
Volga-Urals production region. 2/
Electric power and steam for the refinery are produced llocated
Ryazan Heat and Thermal Power Plant Novoryazan TETS 25X1
The refinery area measures approximately 10,500 by 5,000 feet and occupies
about 1,230 acres (see Figures 2 and 3). It is partially secured by a wall.
Operational Functions
This refinery is one of the ten largest Soviet refineries with respect to
charge capacity. The major refining units presently in operation include
crude oil distillation units, thermal and catalytic cracking units, a catalytic
reforming-hydrotreating unit, a catalytic reforming unit, two probable catalytic
reforming units, a possible hydrorefining unit, two probable and one possible
hydrotreating units, and a gas fractionation unit. Other facilities include
a dewaxing unit, a probable deasphalting unit, a probable solvent extraction
unit,.and a sulfuric acid plant.
Based on the identification of processing units, the main products of the
refinery are straight-run, cracked, reformed, and blended gasolines in a wide
range of octane ratings. Other products include kerosene, desulfurized diesel
and fuel oils, waxes, petrochemical feedstocks, sulfuric acid, and probably
lubricating oils and asphaltic materials.
Construction and Operational Status
Construction has been observed at the refinery on all coverage since
May 1962, the date of the earliest photography used in this report. Most of
the major units were complete by mid-1968. On the latest coverage in May 1971
a dewaxing unit and an unidentified secondary processing unit were under construction.
The refinery appeared capable of operation in May 1962, but no indicators of
operation were observed. It has been observed in operation on all coverage from
September 1963 through May 1971.
Figure 4 shows the construction chronology for the individual areas and
major units.
Facilities and Equipment
Table 1 lists the functional areas, facilities, and equipment within the
refinery. Measurements are given to the nearest half-meter.
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A STORAGE
B SHIPPING AND WATER STORAGE
C CRUDE OIL AND PRODUCTS STORAGE
D PRODUCTS SHIPPING AND STORAGE
E WATER COOLING AND TREATMENT
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F BLENDING AND TREATING
SHIPPING AND STORAGE
C
G WASTE GAS DISPOSAL
H PROBABLE HYDROTREATING
U/I SECONDARY PROCESSING
I DEWAXING
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DEWAXING U/C
J PROBABLE DEASPHALTING
PROBABLE SOLVENT EXTRACTION
K1 CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION
CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION
DESALTING
K2 CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION
CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION
K3 CRUDE OIL DISTILLATION
L1 THERMAL CRACKING
THERMAL CRACKING
L2 CATALYTIC CRACKING
POSSIBLE HYDROREFINING
M CATALYTIC REFORMING-HYDROTREATING
CATALYTIC REFORMING
POSSIBLE HYDROTREATING
N PROBABLE GAS PROCESSING
U/I SECONDARY PROCESSING
0 GAS FRACTIONATION
U/I SECONDARY PROCESSING
U/I SECONDARY PROCESSING U/C
P PROBABLE CATALYTIC REFORMING
Q U/I SECONDARY PROCESSING
R SULFURIC ACID PLANT
S WATER TREATING AND COOLING
T PROBABLE HYDROTREATING
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U SUPPORT
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UNDER CONSTRUCTION
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Table 1. Equipment and Facilities at the Ryazan Petroleum Refinery
(Keyed to Figure 3)
Area Functional Description Equipment and Facilities
Storage
1 Support building
1 Building U/C
16 Cylindrical storage tanks
11 45-meter-diameter
5 33-meter-diameter
Shipping and Water Storage
1 Pump building
5 Loading racks
6 Cylindrical storage tanks
2
4
5 Water storage reservoirs
Crude Oil and Products Storage 7 Pump buildings
12 Support buildings
41 Semiburied reservoirs
20 Cylindrical storage tanks
10 21-meter-diameter
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D Products Shipping and Storage 3 Pump buildings
1 Shipping building
1 Loading rack
7 Support buildings
74 Cylindrical storage
1
9
18
6
4
14
2
14
6
26 Horizontal storage
8 15-meter-long
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E Water Cooling and Treatment 2 Pump buildings
2 Support buildings
21 Cooling towers
9 with 5 cells each
12 with 3 cells each
15 Support buildings
14 Water treatment basins
2 Water reservoirs
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Area Functional Description Equipment and Facilities
Blending, Treating, Shipping, 1 Blending/treating unit with
and Storage
5 blending/treating tanks
1 pump building
2 shipping
2 support
1 crane
buildings
buildings
1 Possible treating/separa-
t
ion unit with
2 clusters of process-
ing equipment
11 possible horizontal
separators
2 pump buildings
1 shipping building
2 support buildings
13 cylindrical storage
tanks
1
7
3
6
-meter-diameter
4
2
2
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6 9-met
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12
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2 6-met
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11 3-met
er-diameter
5 Horizontal storage tanks,
15 meters long
G Waste Gas Disposal 2 Buildings
1 Gasholder,
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Probable Hydrotreating and 1 Probable hydrotreating
Unidentified Secondary unit with
Processing 3 possible reactors
9 columns
1 bank of heat exchangers/
cooling coils/accumulators
3 pipe furnaces
1 pump building
1 Unidentified secondary
processing unit with
1 cluster of processing
equipment
1 pipe furnace
1 pump/compressor
building
4 horizontal tanks/
accumulators (not
measured)
5 Support buildings
1 Building under construction
62 Cylindrical storage tanks
7 9-meter-diameter
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16 6-meter-diameter
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Functional Description Equipment and Facilities
Dewaxing
Probable Deasphalting and
Probable Solvent Extraction
1 Unit with
2 solvent regeneration
sections, each with
4 columns
2 chiller buildings,
each with 4 crystal-
lizer drums and
attached bank of
processing equip-
ment
1 filter building
with 4 hoppers
1 pump/processing
building
1 control house
2 horizontal storage
tanks (not measured)
1 gasholder,F25X1
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4 Support buildings
1 Dewaxing unit under
construction
1 Probable deasphalting
unit with
8 columns
1 pipe furnace
2 processing buildings,
each with heaters/
horizontal tanks on
the roof
2 pump buildings
2 probable propane
storage tanks
(not measured)
1 Probable solvent extrac-
tion unit with
7 columns
1 bank of cooling
coils/heat
exchangers/
accumulators
4 pipe furnaces
1 pump building
2 cylindrical solvent
storage tanks
3 horizontal solvent
storage tanks
3 Support buildings
39 Cylindrical [.cc
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13 6-meter-diameter
K Crude Oil Distillation 2 Units, each with
(1) Crude Oil Distillation 1 atmospheric column
1 vacuum column
5 stabilizer/stripper
columns
3 rerun columns
1 bank of heat
exchangers/cooling
coils/accumulators
2 pipe furnaces
3 heaters
1 treatment building
with 7 settling
tanks/accumulators
1 processing building
1 pump building
1 control house
4 cylindrical tanks
(not measured)
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Area Functional Description
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Equipment and Facilities
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1 Desalting unit with
2 spherical desalting
drums
1 bank of process-
ing equipment
1 pump building
6 horizontal storage
tanks, 15 meters
long
1 Unit with
1 atmospheric column
2 vacuum columns
8 other columns
5 banks of heat
exchangers/
cooling coils/
accumulators
2 pipe furnaces
1 processing building
with 4 heaters on
the roof
1 treatment building
with 4 attached
accumulators/
settling tanks
2 buildings, each
with 4 horizontal
tanks on the roof
1 pump building
1 support building
4 cylindrical tanks
(not measured)
1 Desalting unit with
3.spherical desalting
drums
1 support building
2 horizontal storage
tanks, 12 meters
long
1 Unit with
1 atmospheric column
2 vacuum columns
4 other columns
3 banks of heat
exchangers/cooling
coils/accumulators
2 pipe furnaces
1 processing building
with 4 heaters on
the roof
1 treatment building
with 5 attached
accumulators/
settling tanks
1 probable process-
ing building
2 pump buildings
2 cylindrical tanks
(not measured)
1 Desalting unit with
3 spherical desalt-
ing drums
1 support building
1 horizontal storage
tank, 12 meters long
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Area Functional Description Equipment and Facilities
(3) Crude Oil Distillation
Cracking
(1) Thermal Cracking
5 Support buildings
25 Cylindrical storage tanks
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6 12-meter-diameter
1 Unit with
1 atmospheric column
1 vacuum column
6 other columns
1 bank of processing
equipment
2 banks of accumu-
lators/settling
tanks
1 bank of heat
exchangers/cooling
coils/accumulators
2 pipe furnaces
1 possible process-
ing building
2 pump buildings
6 Support buildings
12 Cylindrical
tanks, 25X1
in diameter
2 Units, each with
4 columns (including
1 reactor column,
1 fractionating
column and 1
flash chamber)
1 vapor recovery
section with
4 columns
1 bank of cooling
coils/heat
exchangers/
accumulators
2 pipe furnaces
1 pump building
2 pump/processing
buildings
2 Support buildings
14 Cylindrical storage
tanks
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(2) Catalytic Cracking 1 Fluid-bed catalytic
cracking unit with
1 reactor
1 regenerator
1 fractionating
column
1 cluster of
processing
equipment
1 vapor recovery
section with
4 columns and
1 building
1 pipe furnace
3 processing buildings
3 pump buildings
1 control house
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Area Functional Description Equipment and Facilities
1 support building
6 cylindrical storage
tanks (not measured)
1 'Possible hydrorefining
unit with
3 columns
2 pipe furnaces
1 processing building
with a bank of
horizontal tanks
on the roof
Catalytic Reforming-Hydrotreating 1 Unit with
1 Catalytic reforming
unit with
4 probable reactors
4 columns
1 bank of process-
ing equipment
2 banks of cooling
coils/heat
exchangers/
accumulators
1 pipe furnace
2 pump buildings
in diameter
1 catalytic reform-
ing section with
5 reactors
3 columns
1 bank of process-
ing equipment
1 bank of cooling
coils/heat
exchangers
1 pipe furnace
1 possible pre-
heater/
precipitator
1 pump building
1 probable hydro-
treating section
with
4 columns
1 bank of process-
ing equipment
1 bank of cooling
coils/heat
exchangers
2 pipe furnaces
1 possible pre-
heater/precipi-
tator
1 pump building
2 cylindrical
storage tanks
(not measured)
1 Pump building
4 Cylind
tanks, 25X1
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Area Functional Description
Equipment and Facilities
M (Copt) 1 Possible hydrotreating
unit with
2 columns
2 banks of cooling
coils/heat exchang-
ers/accumulators
2 pipe furnaces
1 pump building
6 Cylindrical storage
tanks, 25X1
diameter
Probable Gas Processing and 1 Probable gas processing
Unidentified Secondary Processing unit with
6 columns
2 compressor buildings
1 support building
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1 Unidentified secondary
processing unit with
6 columns
1 bank of cooling
coils/heat
exchangers/
accumulators
1 pipe furnace
4 pump buildings
1 support building
2 storage tanks
Not measured)
4 Cylindrical storage
tanks, 25X1
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Gas Fractionation and Unidentified 1 Gas fractionating
Secondary Processing unit with
10 columns
1 bank of cooling
coils/heat
exchangers/
accumulators
3 processing
buildings, each
with a bank of
horizontal tanks
on the roof
1 pump building
1 Unidentified secondary
processing unit with
4 columns
1 bank of cooling
coils/heat
exchangers/
accumulators
2 processing
buildings
2 pump buildings
1 support building
3 Support buildings
20 Horizontal storage
tanks
10 21-meter-I once
10
1 Unidentified secondary
processing unit under
construction
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Area Functional Description Equipment and Facilities
P Probable Catalytic Reforming 1 Probable catalytic
reforming unit with
4 probable reactors
4 columns
1 bank of processing
equipment
2 banks of cooling
coils/heat exchang-
ers/accumulators
4 pipe furnaces
1 processing build-
ing with 4 attached
accumulators/
settling tanks
2 pump buildings
4 cylindrical
storage tanks,
15 meters in
diameter
Unidentified Secondary Processing 1 Unit with
11 columns
1 bank of probable
reactors
2 banks of cooling
coils/heat exchang-
ers/accumulators
1 pipe furnace
4 pump/processing
buildings
2 cylindrical
storage tanks
(not measured)
4 horizontal tanks
(not measured)
9 Cylindrical storage
tanks
2 15-meter-diameter
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4
R Sulfuric Acid Plant Shown on Figure 3 but
no detailed listing of
equipment given.
Water Treatment and Cooling
2 Pump buildings
7 Cooling towers
5 with 3 cells
2 with 2 cells
4 Water basins
T Probable Hydrotreating 1 Unit with
10 columns
1 bank of process-
ing equipment
4 furnaces
2 pump buildings
6 Cylindrical storage
tanks, 15 meters in
diameter
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9 Administration buildings
7 Support buildings
2 Semiburied tanks
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Map
15th RTS. US Air Target Chart, Series 200, Sheet
1. Moscow News (English Edition), Union of Soviet Societies for Friendship
and Cultural Relations with Foreign Countries, p. 1, 1 December 1962
(UNCLASSIFIED)
2. International Petroleum Encyclopedia, pp. 94-95, 1969 edition, The
Petroleum Publishing Co., Tulsa, Oklahoma (UNCLASSIFIED)
Requirement
COMIREX N06
Support Number 422968
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