Abstract
The period of development of the Republic of Angola, which began in 2002 right after the end of the armed conflict, is characterized by a significant increase in consumption of the main types of petroleum products (gasolines, diesel fuels, jet fuel). In this case, the main export item of Angola is crude oil, and the necessary oil products are imported. According to expert data, until 2020 the Republic of Angola will remain the leading oil producer in Africa. In this regard, at present the issue of determining the development trends of non-export variants for the use of hydrocarbon raw materials is topical. Prospects for the development of the oil refining industry in Angola are related to the modernization of the Angola Refinery and the start of new projects (the construction of a new refinery for the processing of sulfuric oil extracted from deposits located in the Atlantic Ocean). It is advisable to design a catalytic cracking, hydrocracking and delayed coking units at the refinery under construction, which will allow to balance the consumption market for gas, gasoline and diesel fuel, and also to design plants for the thermal method of gas oil production by combining the units for conversion of residual and paraffinic distillate feedstocks. One of the directions is the project of deep processing of crude oil with the maximum obtaining of components of motor fuels with improved environmental performances. It is also necessary to improve the environmental performance of diesel fuel by developing less toxic engines with the use of catalytic converters, since the consumption of diesel-powered vehicles is now increasing in Angola.
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