| rdfs:comment | - The plant was built in 2016 by Russians, although officially it was built by an Abkhazian private firm. It was built to take advantage of the oil and gas reserves at the Caspian Sea for the benefit of Russia, in large part because the BTC pipeline couldn't let them otherwise due to it pumping oil from the Caspian Sea straight to Europe. It was situated a short distance away from the capital city of Sukhumi. It was a massive complex, composed of several facilities. The tallest building in the area was the distillation tower, which was also the first destination for oil refinery. The oil, once it was transferred there, was boiled at different temperatures to distill various impurities. Light impurities are removed at lower temperatures, which are found near the top of the tower, while heavie
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| abstract | - The plant was built in 2016 by Russians, although officially it was built by an Abkhazian private firm. It was built to take advantage of the oil and gas reserves at the Caspian Sea for the benefit of Russia, in large part because the BTC pipeline couldn't let them otherwise due to it pumping oil from the Caspian Sea straight to Europe. It was situated a short distance away from the capital city of Sukhumi. It was a massive complex, composed of several facilities. The tallest building in the area was the distillation tower, which was also the first destination for oil refinery. The oil, once it was transferred there, was boiled at different temperatures to distill various impurities. Light impurities are removed at lower temperatures, which are found near the top of the tower, while heavier impurities are removed at higher temperatures, found near the tower's base. For the heavier fuels, the naphta and lighter oils that the distillation didn't remove were then removed via a process known as fluid catalyc cracking. Besides this, there was also equipment for removing sulphur, as well as a cooling tower to dispose of all used water, and a flare stack to burn excess gasses. The power plant for the facility was also located right next door to the distillation tower, and possessed liquified petrolium gas tanks (identifiable by the large spherical structures). It also possessed liquid nitrogen tanks. It also possessed security devices, including gun cameras and infrared sensors. It was separated from the city via a cliff, and had a fence surrounding it. Owing to its Russian-made origin, the signage utilized Russian cyrillics, an example of this being the white tanks in the oil refinery's main floor, where the tanks had the phrase "ЖИДКИЙ аЗОТ К####", which literally translated to "Liquid Nitrogen K####."
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