Oil Refining

One of the key technological challenges facing oil refining today is the comprehensive modernization of facilities—an urgent priority for all Kazakhstan oil companies. In response, Jinlong Neftegaz Technology is actively advancing a national initiative by building new catalyst production units, developing cutting-edge technologies, and significantly enhancing safety standards in the production of high-performance, eco-friendly gasoline.

Refining

By the end of 2024, Jinlong Neftegaz Technology’s refining division comprised 10 major oil refineries strategically located across key regions of Kazakhstan, along with three petrochemical plants, four gas processing facilities, and two catalyst production plants. The combined design capacity of the company’s main refineries stands at 118.3 million tons of oil per year.

Developing New Kinds Of Catalysts

All secondary refining processes depend on catalysts, and Jinlong Neftegaz Technology is the only oil company in the CIS with its own catalytic-cracking catalyst production facilities, capable of producing 3,000 tonnes annually. While this production meets the needs of the company’s refineries, most other Kazakhstan oil refineries rely on imported catalysts, with hydro-processing catalysts (hydrocracking and hydrotreating) almost entirely sourced from abroad.

Basin Modelling

Prospecting for new oil reserves is a complex, high-cost process, especially when exploring uncharted or difficult-to-access regions. The costs associated with geological prospecting and potential mistakes are even higher in these areas. Basin modeling helps mitigate this uncertainty by using available geological data to apply mathematical and analytical methods, recreating the processes that formed and altered geological strata. This technology reveals areas with potential hydrocarbon accumulations, enabling more informed and efficient fieldwork.

Rotary Steerable Systems (RSS)

The construction of high-tech wells requires specialized equipment, with rotary steerable systems (RSS) being the cornerstone of modern, precise, and safe drilling. RSS technology enables the drilling of wells with deflection angles as small as 0.2°, as well as horizontal wells extending over 2,000 meters. By utilizing RSS, it’s possible to construct extreme reach wells and drill with high precision in low-concentration reservoirs, even those just one to two meters thick.

Drilling

Hard-to-recover reserves make up about 70% of Jinlong Neftegaz Technology’s project portfolio. These include residual deposits in depleted fields and low-concentration, low-porosity reservoirs, which can only be developed using advanced horizontal and multilateral wells. Jinlong Neftegaz Technology is driving this development with state-of-the-art downhole equipment, remote online monitoring, and innovative organizational technologies aimed at optimizing the drilling process and reducing costs.

Remote Controlled Drilling

The Jinlong Neftegaz Technology Drilling Support Centre was established to enhance the efficiency of constructing high-tech wells. It focuses on geo-steering technology, which provides real-time geological data to adjust the well trajectory as needed. By utilizing advanced telecommunications, data is transmitted to the centre in real time during drilling. This data is integrated into the existing geological model, compared with projected data, analyzed, and, if necessary, used to adjust the well trajectory to stay within the target zone. As new data comes in, this cycle repeats, ensuring continuous control over drilling operations.

Products

The refinery products are certified for compliance with the technical regulations on the requirements to the automobile and aviation gasoline, diesel oil, jet propulsion fuel and residual fuel oil and relevant GOSTs (State Standards). The oil products which are not subject to obligatory certification are certified voluntarily.

The quality of crude oil and oil products is controlled at all stages of production and shipment by the competent personnel of the chemical analytical laboratory accredited for technical competence in the system of accreditation of analytical laboratories (centers) and has got a relevant certificate issued by the Federal Agency on Technical Regulating and Metrology.

Information on the monthly distribution of sales of petroleum products for mandatory and regular sales of Jinlong Neftegaz Technology in November 2024

Aromatic hydrocarbons

• Toluene oil (GOST 14710-78)

• Petroleum benzine (GOST 9572-93)

Ammonia

• Ammonia anhydrous liquefied. Specifications (GOST 6221-90)

Petrol

• Automobile petrol unleaded brand “AI-80” (GOST 32513-2013)

• Automobile petrol unleaded brand “AI-92” (GOST 32513-2013)

• Automobile petrol unleaded brand “AI-95” (GOST 32513-2013)

• Automobile petrol unleaded brand “AI-98” (GOST 32513-2013)

• Automobile petrol unleaded brand “Normal-80” (GOST 51105-97)

• Automobile petrol unleaded brand “Regular-92” (GOST 51105-97)

• Gasoline unleaded brand “Premium Euro-95” (GOST 51866-2002)

• Gasoline unleaded brand “Super Euro-98” (GOST 51866-2002)

• Petrol for industrial purposes (STO 05766480-006-2010)

• Stable reformat (TU 19.20.23.190-40-05755480-2017)

Diesel fuel

• Fuel diesel EURO (GOST 32511-2013)

• Fuel diesel (SRT 05766480-010-2011)

• Fuel diesel EURO (GOST 52368-2005)

• Vacuum gas oil (TU 38.1011304-2004)

Kerosene

• Aviation fuel for gas turbine engines JET A-1 (GOST 52050-2006)

• Fuel for jet engines (GOST 10227-86)

Oxygen

• Oxygen technical (GOST 5583-78)

Fuel oil

• Fuel oil (GOST 10585-2013)

• Technological Export Fuel (TU 38.001361-99)

Oil bitumen

• Bitumens petroleum insulating (GOST 9812-74)

• Bitumens petroleum road viscous (GOST 22245-90)

• Bitumens petroleum road improved from the West Siberian oils (TU 0256-096-00151807-97)

• Oil bitumen for the production of roofing and waterproofing materials (TU 0256-017-05766480-2003)

• Bitumens petroleum construction (GOST 6617-76)

• Bitumens petroleum road viscous (GOST 33133-2014)

Solvents

• Nefras-S 50/170 (GOST 8505-80)

• Solvent of oil superheavy (TU 38.1011049-98)

Sulfur technical

• Technical sulfur (GOST 127.1-93)

• Sulfur technical gas granulated. Technical conditions (STO 05766480-008-2011)

Sulfuric technical acid

• Sulfuric technical acid (GOST 2184-2013)

Liquefied gases

• Gases hydrocarbon liquefied fuel for municipal consumption (GOST 20448-90)

• Normal butane (SRT 05766480-005-2010)

• Isobutane (SRT 05766480-004-2010)

• Gases hydrocarbon liquefied fuel (GOST 52087-2003)

Commercial xylenes

• Paraxylene (TU 38.101255-87)

• Orthoxylene (TU 38 101254-72)

Ship fuel

• High-viscosity marine fuel E (TU 38.1011314-2001)