international magazine
05 / 2010


Know how keeper
Dr Gennady Valiavin, honored refiner of Bashkortostan republic


In 2009 Ufa petroleum technology university team fulfilled the first in more than 20 years Delayed Coking Unit (DCU) at Bashneft refinery in Ufa, Bashkortostan. The importance of DCU today can hardly be overestimated, as refineries need to increase the refining depth. However, it's not always a guaranteed success scenario and not all of the DCU become profit makers. As a popular soviet anecdote goes: there are nuances. This kind of problem makes particularly relative the experience of such distinguished experts like Dr Valyavin.