OREANDA-NEWS. Izhorskiye Zavody, part of OMZ Group, completed hydrostatic testing of 1500R0001 reactor produced for the kerosene hydrofining unit of Tatneft complex of oil refineries and petrochemical plants located in Nizhnekamsk (Tatneft OJSC).

1500-R-0001 reactor was produced from SA-387M Gr.22Cl.2 grade steel with 347SS grade steel coating. The reactor is 29 meters high, over 2 meters in diameter and weighs 170 tons. US company UOP serves as a license grantor for the kerosene hydrofining unit.

Izhorskiye Zavody and Tatneft signed a contract for production of two hydrofining reactors - a diesel hydrofining reactor and a kerosene hydrofining reactor - in December 2013. Total weight of the produced equipment will amount to approximately 600 tons. Obligations under this contract include production of the equipment and its delivery to the construction site, as well as installation of internal components of the reactors.

Izhorskiye Zavody and Tatneft have already had an experience of successful cooperation: in 2010 Izhorskiye Zavody produced two hydrocracking reactors for TANEKO oil refining complex, part of Tatneft Group.

Open Joint-Stock Company United Heavy Machinery Plants (Uralmash-Izhora Group) is one of the top companies in the heavy machine-building industry specializing in engineering, manufacturing, sales and servicing of equipment for nuclear energy sector, petrochemical and oil & gas industries, mining and in special steel making and the provision of industrial services. OMZ manufacturing facilities are located in Russia and the Czech Republic. The group is controlled by Gasprombank (Open Jont-Stock Company).