OREANDA-NEWS. On 22 June 2009 was announced, that OJSC Oil and Gas Company "RussNeft" had completed start-up operations and prepared new equipment for the commissioning at the central laboratory of the subsidiary enterprise of “Orsknefteorgsintez”. The equipment has been procured as part of the implementation of the requirements for the Technical Regulations on the quality of the products.

The Company has spent about 8 million Rubles for the purchase of jet fuel thermo-oxidative stability analyzer, apparatus for determining the group composition of petroleum products and digital conductometer. This equipment will enable “Orsknefteorgsintez” to explore fuel by JFTOT procedure without assistance of world-class laboratories.
The investigations will be carried out in terms of: aromatic hydrocarbons volume ratio, thermal stability and specific electrical conductivity. The need for such study on petroleum products has been specified by the Technical Regulations, established by the Government of the Russian Federation on January 1, 2009.

The amount of the annual output of rocket fuel at “Orsknefteorgsintez” makes about 300 thousand tons. It fully corresponds to the technical requirements for jet fuels.

The multi-control system at “Orsknefteorgsintez”, being implemented by OJSC Oil and Gas Company “RussNeft”, will guarantee production output at the level of compliance with international standards.