Establishment and role
The Oil Refining and Petrochemistry Research Institute LLP was registered on 9 February 2026. Its founder is the D. V. Sokolsky Institute of Fuel, Catalysis and Electrochemistry.
The institute draws on established research schools, engineering expertise and laboratory infrastructure. The two institutes work within a joint scientific and technological consortium.
Mission
To establish a national competence centre for oil refining, petrochemistry, environmental technologies and fuel standards, supporting domestic technology development and industrial efficiency.
Director General — Murat Zhurinov
Doctor of Chemical Sciences, Professor, Academician of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan and Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences. Director General since 2026.
His biography records more than 900 research publications, including 22 monographs and 155 patents and authorship certificates. He served as Minister of Education (1995–1997) and President of the National Academy of Sciences of Kazakhstan (2003–2025).
