Qazaqstan Marine Fuels LLP is the first company in the Republic of Kazakhstan to manufacture and sell marine fuels in accordance with the standards of the International Convention MARPOL 73/78, which is primarily aimed at combating environmental pollution and reducing sulphur-containing emissions into the world’s oceans.
Marine fuels shall be manufactured in accordance with the requirements of the applicable ISO 8217:2017 standard using duly approved technology, homogeneous in their component composition and quality indicators, accompanied by a certificate issued on the basis of a combined sample test.
The project is aimed at creating a highly profitable production of MARINE FUELS, which are in demand on the world market, in connection with the serious concern of mankind with global climate change, including atmospheric pollution with sulfur-containing emissions.
With a minimum sulphur content of 0.1%, the product is suitable for use in emission control zones as defined by the international convention MARPOL, which limits the sulphur content of any liquid fuel to 3.5% by mass from 1 January 2012, and sets the limit at 0.50% by mass from 1 January 2020.
The project proposes the location of three ship fuel plants (hereinafter SFP) in Aktobe with a capacity of up to 1 million tons per year, in Makatskiy district of Atyrau region with a capacity of 1.5-2.0 million tons per year and in the port of Leningrad region with a capacity of up to 12 million tons per year.
Qazaqstan Marine Fuels LLP’s marine fuel plants in Aktobe and Makat are expected to use a low-cost technology for primary stripping of ultra-low-sulphur oil to 200oC. This is only possible due to several properties of Western Kazakhstan oil: its ultra-low-sulphur content and minimum light fractions content will make it possible to reduce thermal pollution of the atmosphere many times over and also to exclude energy-intensive processes. The terms of reference for the design of the Makat refinery will be entirely powered by renewable energy sources: solar and wind. Natural gas will be a back-up energy source.
QMF is an export-oriented medium-sized project for the production of marine fuels. President K.K. Tokayev’s instruction to the Kazakh government to take measures to ensure that domestic refineries are fully loaded with raw materials and support exports, gives hope for state support for the Qazaqstan Marine Fuels project.
We propose that the government view marine fuels – and our company in particular – as a growth point, an alternative to traditional hydrocarbon diesels and gasoline.
The successful launch of the project allows us to solve two problems: to become the only suppliers of MARINE FUELS in Kazakhstan, or to offer the best conditions for the supply of MARINE FUELS.