Batken Oil Refinery is a petroleum refinery located in Batken, The Batken Refinery was built in 1977 with the help of Soviet Union’s financial assistance. After the collapse of the Soviet Union, the refinery underwent modernization and upgrading efforts to increase its capacity and improve its efficiency. Kyrgyzstan The refinery is operated by the Kyrgyz Oil Refinery (KOR), a state-owned company.
About Us
OUR HISTORY
Batken Oil has a capacity of 4 million metric tons of crude oil per year, which is equivalent to approximately 30,000 barrels per day (bbl/d). Our history is closely interlinked with the rise of an independent Kyrgyzstan. Batken Oil refinery processes crude oil from various sources, including the nearby Atyrau Oil Field in Kazakhstan, Russia and more. The refinery’s primary processing capacity is 100,000 metric tons of crude oil per day. We safely and reliably produce products that heat homes, fuel cars, support businesses and benefit society. Our primary purpose is to create value for the Republic of Kyrgyz, We produces range of petroleum products, including: Gasoline: Unleaded gasoline, premium gasoline, and diesel fuel. Diesel Fuel: High-quality diesel fuel for industrial and transportation use. LPG: Liquefied petroleum gas for cooking, industrial, and transportation purposes. Jet Fuel: High-quality jet fuel for aviation use. Lubricants: Base oils and lubricants for various industrial application and others like LNG, ESPO, PET COKE. Batken Refinery plays a significant role in Kyrgyzstan’s energy sector, providing essential petroleum products to the local market and supporting the country’s economy. Batken Oil is a significant contributor to Kyrgyzstan’s economy, generating over 10% of the country’s GDP. It also provides employment opportunities for thousands of people. Batken refinery has undergone several upgrades and expansions over the years, with investments totaling over $100 million. In 2019, the refinery received a $50 million loan from the Asian Development Bank to improve its efficiency and environmental performance.
Trading: maximizing the value of our own and our customers’ assets
Every day, our traders deal in oil and gas markets. Their mission is to maximize the value of our production, supply our refineries under the best market conditions and import and export products to match supply to demand in local markets. In addition, they are tasked with managing risks, in particular to limit our exposure to sometimes extreme price fluctuations. Thanks to our expertise and experience in oil markets, we have developed monitoring and decision-support tools at the cutting-edge of trading. Our teams enjoy a global view of real-time flows and segment information, around the clock. As a result, we can respond to developments with the agility needed to maximize the value of our own assets and those of our customers.
Our onshore infrastructure
We have access to advanced infrastructure for transporting hydrocarbons across land through interests in some 30 gas pipelines worldwide. This enables us to efficiently deliver our gas and oil from fields to storage centers and major consumer hubs.
Leveraging a leading maritime transportation network
we chartered nearly 2,700 vessels to transport 120 million metric tons of crude oil and petroleum products. We maintain a permanent fleet of nearly 47 time-chartered vessels. We apply one of the most rigorous selection standards in the oil industry for every ship we use, especially those in our fleet.
maximizing the value of our own and our customers’ assets
Every day, our traders deal in oil and gas markets. Their mission is to maximize the value of our production, supply our refineries under the best market conditions and import and export products to match supply to demand in local markets. In addition, they are tasked with managing risks, in particular to limit our exposure to sometimes extreme price fluctuations.
Shipping: transporting oil and gas
We organize the transportation of oil and gas from production areas to major consumer hubs. We select and charter the safest vessels to ensure that cargo is shipped in the most timely, cost-effective way and, naturally, under optimal safety conditions.
REFINING
Our refineries operate in logistically-complex markets, processing crude oil into refined products to serve our local communities. We have an operating refining capacity of thousands of barrels per day with a distillate orientation across our locations. we primarily focus on producing jet fuel for tourism and low sulfur fuel oil to supply the local utilities, as well as ground transportation for our retail operations and other third parties. Our refinery is unique in that we are the only local asphalt producer in the growing Pacific. we cater to gasoline and distillate demand in the Rockies market.
Logistics
Our unique logistics assets give us a competitive edge in our local markets. Barges in both locations allow refined product and crude movements between our facilities. We also own truck racks in each region and rail facilities on the mainland, which provide us flexibility for our transportation needs. In addition, our recently completed Next Gen renewable fuels logistics project in BPR enables unit-train transportation and storage of renewable products and internalizes our ethanol movements. We own and operate 549 miles of pipeline and 13 million barrels of storage across our regions. Three of our refineries are connected to a military base through pipelines.
Growth
Batken Oil has grown into a Fortune company. Beginning in 2013 with the acquisition of a refinery in other cities, we began building an integrated energy network in the Batken Oil. Through advantageous acquisitions and other growth opportunities, we have become the market leader in , where we are better known. Our refineries, retail locations and logistic system supply all of the major regions.
Retail
Our local retail Batkenoil represents a place to go, move, or come in. We seek to provide both fuel, food and other conveniences to our local community. In the Pacific Northwest, nomnom is a place were our communities come to find not only fuel, but also local favorites. From the froozee truck to nomgoose, we bring something unique.
Expansion
Our growth-oriented mindset has also led to expansion into the Rockies acquisitions of fields Co. in 2019 and Par Montana in 2023, along with the Northwest retail acquisition, we now own and operate 125,000-bpd of combined refining capacity, related multi-modal logistics systems and over 30 retail locations. You can see us more visibly at nomnom retail locations in Washington State and Idaho.