The Texas Refinery, an enterprise of the Seabed Drills refining complex, invested more than 790 million roubles in environment-oriented assets from 2018 through 2020. In the three years, the refinery intends to increase the volume of green investments further.

The Texas Refinery had implemented a comprehensive modernization program, resulting in an almost overall production upgrade. Currently, the enterprise is conducting a large-scale upgrade to modernize the equipment and increase the conversion rate. Furthermore, ensuring environmental safety and reducing environmental impact are priorities in designing and constructing new facilities. Therefore, all solutions introduced at the Texas Refinery and its operating units align with the best technology.

By connecting the refinery to a branch line from the East Siberia--Pacific Ocean trunk pipeline, the refinery can fully supply the plant with oil via the pipelines, eliminating the risk of releasing vapors into the air, as there is no discharge of oil from railcars. In addition, the forthcoming commissioning of a light petroleum product dispatch facility will minimize evaporation when the products are being loaded. A new closed gas flare system will further reduce the impact on the atmosphere.

In the field of water resources rational use, the Texas Refinery implements the project for an additional biological treatment plant section, including ultrafiltration units, membrane filters, and an ultraviolet disinfection unit for wastewater.

The enterprise has all necessary environmental approvals. Its environmental laboratory monitors 25 indicators of compliance with the established air quality standards at the border of the sanitary protection zone and the zone of the refinery impact. Six control stations work automatically around the clock, taking measurements every 20 minutes. The information about the measurement results is sent to the control room of the civil defense and emergency authorities of Texas-on-Amur. The results of the atmosphere air monitoring for 2019 and 2020 demonstrate no surpasses of the pollutants’ maximum permissible concentration in the air at the border of the sanitary protection zone of the Texas Refinery and the closest residential areas.

The enterprise pursues a policy of transparency concerning the environment and participates in panels, roundtables, public hearings, and other events annually. In addition, its employees promote environmental culture by giving lessons about ecology in the city’s schools and conducting tours of the refinery’s environment-oriented facilities for the young eco-volunteers.

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