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Bitumen market in Russia
Overview on 11.11.2014
Bitumen is produced in Russia with classifications that relate to the content
of the product and marketed as Construction Bitumen (CB) and Refined
Construction Bitumen (RCB). Classifications include CB90/130, CB130/200
and higher penetrationgrade CB200/300; and RCB130/200, RCB100/130
and RCB70/100. The most in-demand bitumen products are CB90/130 and
CB60/90. These bitumen grades are produced in line with the Russian GOST
22245-90 standards and are used in the construction and repair of road
surfaces as well as in asphalt factories for the production of hot-rolled asphalt.
Main Bitumen producers:
By company:
Company
Production volume
in 2013, 000 tons
Company
Production volume
in 2013, 000 tons
GazpromNeft
1482
Surgutneftgaz
115
Lukoil
1129
Gazprom Salavat
121
TNK Rosneft
1899
NK Aliance
74
Bashneft
344
TAIF-NK
62
Orskneftorgsintez
231
MiniNPZ
2
Main Bitumen producers:
By plant:
Plant
Gazprom Neft MNPZ
LUKOIL-NORSI
RyazanskiyNPZ
Slavneft–YaNOS
Syzranskiy NPZ
Gazprom NeftONPZ
SaratovskiyNPZ
LUKOILPNOS
Novokuibyshevskiy NPZ
Novoufimskiy NPZ
Orsknefteorgsintez
LUKOIL VNPZ
Ufaneftekhim
AngarskayaNKhK
Kirishinefteorgsintez
AchinskiyNPZVNK
Khabarovskiy NPZ
TAIF NK
LUKOIL UNP
City
Moscow
Nizhniy Novgorod
Ryazan
Yaroslavl
Syzran
Omsk
Saratov
Perm
Samara, Novokuibyshevsk
Ufa
Orsk
Volgograd
Ufa
Angarsk
Saint Petersburg, Kirishi
Achinsk
Khabarovsk
Tatarstan, Nizhnekamsk
Komi, Ukhta
Production
volume in 2013,
000 tons
1072
529
528
405
410
411
326
380
275
202
231
223
142
178
115
183
74
62
0
The main means of bitumen distribution on the Russian market
are specialised rail tankers and road tankers.Distribution using 200
litre barrels and 1000 litre clovertainers is more expensive and is
not supported at all plants. Delivery of barrels or clovertainers is
possible by loading them into railway clovertainers (see table below).
Packaging Options:
Medium-tonnage container
Capacity 1000 litres
Cylindrical metal barrel
Capacity 200 litres
Delivery Options:
Type of
delivery
Technical characteristics of
shipment
Type of delivery
vessel
Number
of units
Road transport
13 meter semi-articulated
trailer
Covered
wagon
Volume: 138 cubicmeters
Covered
wagon
Volume: 158 cubic meters
Container
20 foot
Container
Barrel
Container
Barrel
Container
Barrel
Container
Barrel
20
90
52
316
60
316
20
80
Total
volume,
tonnes
20
18
57,2
63,2
66
63,2
20
16
Average price of bitumen:
Through analysis of traders, companies and other organizations it
was calculated that the average price of bitumen CB90/130 when
delivered to the nearest train station to the producer as of 11.11.2014
was 12,500 rubles per tonne ($280 per tonne, at the prevailing rate of
$1 = 45 rubles). Sale prices on trading floors of the domestic market
are unknown but estimated to be in the region of $240 per tonne.
Rates for export duties on coke, bitumen and other oil by-products
or oil products derived from bitumen deposits for the period of
01.11.2014 to 30.11.2014 was $209 per tonne; lower than $227.5
per tonne during the previous month. Other costs (such as for
preparation of documentation, VAT of 18%) were not considered.
Distinguishing features of the bitumen market in Russia:
Feedstock: Bitumen quality is heavily dependent on the quality
of feedstock (oil). The best feed-stock for bitumen production is
considered to be heavy oil such as that extracted in Arabic coun-tries
and Venezuela. Russian oil, particularly Western Siberian, is classified as
light oil and as such is not the best feedstock for bitumen production.
Standards: At the current time, bitumen produced in Russia must
comply with GOST 22245-90 standard that was devised in 1974. The
requirements of this standard are significantly different from the
requirements of European standards (EN 12591:2009) and American
standards (such as Super Pave). As a result, the finished product
is fundamentally different from its international counterparts.
Production: Obsolete equipment, unstable feedstock quality, process
deviations and other factors cause bitumen manufactured by a single
plant that has met the relevant standards to vary signifi-cantly in quality.
Distribution:
The seasonality of bitumen production that is
characteristic to Russia (between April and October at most) can
cause price increases of up to two times; as well as unavailability of
the product. Suppliers that sell bitumen for export are limited, even
though Russia is the fourth largest exporter of bitumen in the world.
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