Gazprom and Linde ink deal for gas processing plant in Russia’s Ust-Luga

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Russian gas monopoly Gazprom and global industrial gases and engineering company Linde have signed a preliminary agreement to deliver services to a Gas Processing Complex in Ust-Luga, Leningrad Oblast, Russia.

Gazprom CEO Alexey Miller and Linde Chairman Wolfgang Reitzle met in St Petersburg on March 26 where they reviewed current issues of cooperation, including Gazprom’s Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) construction project.

According to Gazprom, Linde’s equipment for cryogenic gas separation and for helium production is employed at the enterprise. The GPP’s first two production trains are being prepared for commissioning at the moment.

RusKhimAlyans Director General  Kirill Seleznev and Linde Engineering CEO Juergen Nowicki signed an agreement of intent in the presence of Miller and Reitzle. The document outlines the main terms and conditions of a prospective EPSS contract providing for engineering services, equipment supplies, and maintenance of gas processing and off-site facilities.

Linde is one of the world’s largest companies focused on industrial technologies for natural gas treatment and separation with the recovery of ethane, propane and heavier hydrocarbon fractions. In addition, the company designs and builds cryogenic facilities for natural gas and helium liquefaction. Linde Engineering is an engineering and technical subdivision of Linde.

Gazprom and RusGazDobycha are implementing the project for the Gas Processing Complex (natural gas processing and liquefaction complex) near the settlement of Ust-Luga, with the RusKhimAlyans special-purpose company as the project operator. It is the anchor project of the major gas processing and chemical cluster that is being established in the region.

According to Gazprom, the complex will have the largest capacity in Russia in terms of gas processing (45 billion cubic meters per year) and will be the largest in northwestern Europe in terms of liquefied natural gas (LNG) production (13 million tons per year). In addition to LNG, its commercial products will include ethane fraction, liquefied petroleum gases, and pentane-hexane fraction.

RusGazDobycha will be responsible for the construction of the technically affiliated gas chemical facility that will process ethane generated by the complex and produce up to 3 million tons of various polyethylene grades.

Under the existing long-term contracts, the CPECG will be provided with raw materials for not less than 20 years.

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