Environmental assessment is implied as the process of identifying, studying, describing and assessing possible direct and indirect significant impacts of the implementation of a planned and ongoing activity or a document being developed on the environment.
The purpose of the environmental assessment is to prepare the materials necessary for making decisions on the implementation of the planned activity or document being developed that meet the goals and objectives of the environmental legislation of the Republic of Kazakhstan.
Environmental assessment by its types is organized and carried out in accordance with the Environmental Code and instructions approved by the authorized body in the field of environmental protection.
Environmental assessment, depending on the subject of assessment, is carried out in the following form:
- strategic environmental assessment;
- environmental impact assessments;
- assessment of transboundary impacts;
- environmental assessment according to a simplified procedure.
In 2024, Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery LLP passed an environmental assessment for the following projects:
- major repairs of tank R-3 of park 26/2;
- major repairs of tanks R-1, R-2 of park 27/5;
- reconstruction of cooling tower No. 7;
- reconstruction of the fence of the plant territory and the fence of the territory of liquefied gases parks. Adjustment.
- reconstruction of the diesel fuel hydrotreatment unit with the integration of the dewaxing unit for the period of construction and installation works.
For the above projects, an Environmental Permit for Impact for Category I Facilities No. KZ16VCZ03812106 dated 12/27/2024 was received:
- technical re-equipment of EG-160 electric dehydrators of the ELOU unit;
- reconstruction of the deep oil refining production at Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery to ensure reliable and trouble-free operation;
- installation of new wet gas compressors at the KT-1 PGPN compressor station (start-up complexes 1 and 2), Pavlodar, Khimkombinatovskaya St., 1, Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery
- reconstruction of the S-840 sulfur granulation unit, sulfur production and processing facilities, Pavlodar, Khimkombinatovskaya St., 1, Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery;
- technical re-equipment of LK-6U and KT-1 process furnaces;
- reconstruction of the diesel fuel hydrotreatment unit with the integration of the dewaxing unit at Pavlodar Oil Chemistry Refinery;
- modification of the cooling system of pumping equipment using a coolant with low corrosion activity in a closed circuit S-100, S-200, S-300, S-400 PPPN; - technical re-equipment of the automated process control system for primary oil refining and deep oil refining at Pavlodar Petrochemical Plant LLP.
