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Article: Turkmenistan's Refining, Chemical & Industrial Base.
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- APS Review Downstream Trends
- Article date:
- September 22, 2008
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The oil refining industry in Turkmenistan is being modernised. Under a set of projects now costing over $4 bn and launched several years ago, the country's two refineries are being upgraded. Since mid-2002, Ashgabat has been considering a new 100,000 b/d refinery to be built under another project.
Turkmenistan has two major state-owned oil refineries, the Seidi (Chardhzou) and Turkmenbashi, with a combined total capacity of 237,000 b/d, and a smaller plant which is private. The Turkmenbashi refinery was upgraded in 2002. In 2004, the Turkmen government announced plans to upgrade the Seidi refinery which processes only high-sulphur crude oil. In March 2007, ...