COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS OF OIL PROCESSING DEPTH BY NELSON INDEX IN DIFFERENT COUNTRIES

Abstract

The current challenges of the domestic oil refining industry have been identified. The significance of the latest requirements for the quality of petrochemical products has been highlighted, as well as the need for technical and technological updating of oil refineries has been described. The use of the Nelson index as an assessment of the quality of petrochemical products at refineries has been considered. The formulas of the complexity factor and the Nelson index have been described. The principles and mechanisms of calculating the Nelson index for a conditional oil refinery have been disclosed. The statistics on the most modern oil refineries in Russia, using the Nelson index, has been presented. An analysis and comparison of changes by country within the framework of this indicator over the past years have been compiled.

Keywords

• nelson index
• challenges of the russian oil refining industry
• environmental standards
• the depth of oil refining
• oil refineries in russia
• dynamics of world oil refining