Ulaanbaatar
Speaker of Lok Sabha Visits “Mongol Refinery” LLC
Politics
Ulaanbaatar,
July 8, 2023 /MONTSAME/. The Speaker of the Lok Sabha, Lower House of the Parliament
of India Om Birla, who is on an Official Visit to Mongolia visited the
state-owned company “Mongol Refinery” LLC on July 7.
Dr. D. Altantsetseg, the Executive Director of the “Mongol Refinery” LLC, Mongolia's Consulting Engineer expressed gratitude to the government and parliament of India for all-round support to the establishment of the first oil refinery, which has specifically important to the economic development and energy independence of Mongolia and informed on the progress of the project.
The
Government of Mongolia is implementing the Project to establish a grass root
Oil Refinery Plant based on domestic crude in Dornogobi aimag, located in
Southeastern part of the country, within the framework of the soft loan
extended by the Government of India to ensure energy independency and expand
the industry diversification.
Upon approving the Detailed Feasibility Study and selecting
"Engineers India Limited" as Project Management Consultant in 2019,
the design and engineering works have completed, and from this year on, the
mechanical erection of the main technological facilities has started at full
capacity.
Out of four main EPC packages planned for the project, the first package, which
comprises of non-technological facilities, such as civil buildings
(office-training center, first aid center, fire station, warehouse, laboratory,
workshop, canteen, 30 thousand cubic meter underground water storage tank) is at the final stage, noted Executive Director Dr. D.
Altantsetseg.
EPC 02 package consists of initial processing units, such as Atmospheric and Vacuum Distillation Units, Saturated Gas Plant, and utilities, including tank farms, product dispatching facilities, and the different types of auxiliary and supporting units, whereas a 35 MW Thermal Power Plant would be built as part of the EPC 03 package. The site works of these packages have commenced, informed the project implementers.
