Structure OAO "Nizhnekamskneftekhim"
Production
The Company production complex embodies 10 Major Plants, 5 Centres (including Research & Technology, and Design), Rail Transport Unit, Ethylene Pipeline Systems, as well as Support Units.
- Divinyl & Hydrocarbon Feed Plant
- Butyl Rubber Plant
- Synthetic Rubber Plant
- Isoprene Synthetic Rubber Plant
- Ethylene Plant
- Ethylene Oxide Plant
- Styrene & Polyether Resin Plant
- Oligomer Plant
- Polystyrene Plant
- Polyolefin Plant
- Research & Technology Center
- Design Centre
Divinyl & Hydrocarbon Feed Plant
This plant is designed for separation of liquified petroleum gas into individual fractions: propane, isobutane, butane, isopentane, pentane and hexane to be used for production of rubber and as a feedstock at the ethylene plant.
Commissioned in 1967.
Butyl Rubber Plant
Main produce: butyl rubber, halobutyl rubber (chlorobutyl rubber, bromobutyl rubber).
Commissioned in 1973.
Main produce applications: butyl rubber – to manufacture inner tubes, bladders for shaper-vulcanizers, butyl latex, construction and medical items; halobutyl rubber – in tire and mechanical rubber goods industry.
Synthetic Rubber Plant
Main produce: synthetic rubber – EPDM, polybutadiene (NdBR, lithium based BR, isoprene rubber (SKI-3), DCPD, synthetic polymeric petroleum resin.
Commissioned:
Isoprene Unit in 1970,
Synthetic rubber unit in 1978,
EPDM & DCPD Units in 1994,
Synthetic Polymeric Petroleum Resin Unit in 1997,
NdBR Unit in 2004,
Lithium BR unit in 2007.
Main produce applications:
EPDM & NdBR – in tire and mechanical rubber goods industry;
Isoprene – to produce stereoregular types of rubber, butyl rubber, thermoplastic elastomers, diverse chemicals;
SKI-3 – production of automobile tires, mechanical rubber goods, sporting implements, bitumen mastics, and hydrophobic compounds;
Lithium BR – production of high impact polystyrene and ABS-plastics;
DCPD – to make energy & high-density fuels, as feedstock in organic synthesis;
Synthetic polymeric petroleum resin – to produce paint oil, building paint.
Styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) unit is under construction.
Isoprene Synthetic Rubber Plant
Main produce: isoprene, MTBE.
Commissioned:
Isoprene Unit in 1980,
MTBE Unit in 2002.
Main produce applications:
Isoprene – to produce stereoregular types of rubber, butyl rubber, thermoplastic elastomers, diverse chemicals; MTBE – as a high-antiknock agent in motor gasoline.
Ethylene Plant
Main produce : ethylene, propylene, benzene.
Commissioned in 1976.
Main produce applications:
Ethylene – to produce polyethylene, PVC, ethylene oxide, ethyl alcohol, ethylbenzene, acetic aldehyde and other organic products, as well as in refrigerating systems;
Propylene – to produce polypropylene, acrylic acid nitrile, isopropyl and butyl alcohols, isopropyl benzene, propylene oxide, glycerin.
Ethylene Oxide Plant
Main produce: ethylene oxide, ethylene glycol, ethyl carbitol, ethyl cellosolve.
Commissioned:
Ethylene Oxide Unit 1 in 1980,
Ethylene Oxide Unit 2 in 1986,
Ethyl Cellosolve Unit in 1981,
Glycols Unit in 1980.
Main produce applications:
Ethylene oxide – to produce mono-, di-, triethylene glycols, polyethylene glycol, ethylene glycol ester, alkanolamine, non-ionic surfactants and polyether;
Ethylene glycol – to produce synthetic fibre, synthetic film, resins, solvents, low-freezing liquid, hydraulic fluid, polyurethane elastomers;
Diethyleneglycol – in the organic synthesis industry;
Triethylene glycol – to make oligoesteracryls, plasticizers, polyester acrylates;
Technical ethyl carbitol – to produce ethers, brake and hydraulic fluids;
Technical ethyl cellosolve – in the chemical, medical, defense industries.
Styrene & Polyether Resin Plant
Main produce: styrene, propylene oxide, laprol, polyether.
Commissioned:
Ethylbenzene & Styrene Units in 1977,
Propylene Oxide & Styrene Units in 1981,
Polyether Unit in 1983.
Main produce applications:
Styrene – to produce polystyrene plastics, butadiene-styrene types of rubber, paint-and-lacquer materials, bonding materials, foam-polystyrene plastics for construction industry, ABS-plastics, diverse thermoplastic elastomers;
Propylene oxide – to produce polyethers, dyes, propylene glycol, in surfactant production;
Laprol – to make foamed polyurethane;
Polyether ÏÏ -2504 – to thicken water-glycol systems;
Polyether ÏÝ - ÃÑ – to make rigid foamed polyurethane;
Polyether ÑÍÏÕ -4410( À ) – to produce demulsifiers
The Plant plans to extend the range of polyether grades.
Oligomer Plant
Main produce: neonols, propylene trimers & tetramers, alpha-olefins, polyethers.
Commissioned:
Neonol Unit in 1984,
Propylene Trimer & Tetramer Unit in 1986,
Alkylphenol Unit in 1986,
Alpha-Olefin Unit in 1990,
Polyether Unit in 1995.
Main produce applications:
Propylene trimers – to produce alkylphenols, as feedstock for oxosynthesis of isodecyl alcohols;
Propylene tetramers – to make oil additives;
Linear alpha-olefins – to make synthetic lubricating oils, technical detergents, synthetic fatty acids, as comonomer in making LLDPE, in producing plasticizers by oxo-synthesis method, as well as surfactants;
Neonols – to produce detergents, in the textile, pulp and paper industries, to intensify crude oil production, as a component in lubrication-cooling, hydraulic and other process liquids, in ferrous metallurgy;
Polyethers – to make reagents to treat crude oil for deep dehydration, to desalt oil, oil demulsifier-reagents.
The Plant plans to set up a LAB Unit and a Fatty Alcohols Unit.
Polystyrene Plant
Main produce: HIPS and GPPS
Commissioned in 2003.
Produce applications:
GPPS (bulk) - to manufacture articles by different hot shaping methods;
HIPS – to manufacture techware, food substances & consumer goods packaging material.
The Plant plans to set up an ABS-plastics Unit and an EPS Unit.
Polyolefin Plant
Main produce: polypropylene, polyethylene.
Commissioned: PP Unit in 2006,
PE Unit in 2009.
Produce applications:
to manufacture pipes, fittings, sheets, tubular film, flat-slot extrusion film, biaxially-oriented film, fibre, fiber-bonded cloth, mono-thread, film thread, packaging material, technical, domestic, medical ware, articles contacting with food substances, toys.
Research & Technology Center (RTC)
Set up in 1966. Major activities: - research in developing and mastering novel and improving the existing technological processes of chemistry and petrochemistry; - environmental activity and control over the labour conditions at work places; performance of arbitration analyses, of work for the purposes of the state ecoanalytical production control; - creating database for patent and technical information, ASTM methods, REACH legislation documentation, providing specialists and subdivisions with scientific-and-technical, patent information.
Design Centre (DC)
Prime objective – execution of design and estimate documentation for all spheres of OAO "Nizhnekamskneftekhim" activities.
Set up in 1965.
DC executes working documentation for construction, erection and putting in operation of major production & support units, social, cultural & household units.