OREANDA-NEWS. On October 03, 2007 LLC Yugragazpererabotka, the joint venture between SIBUR and TNK-BP, has announced a tender for provision of engineering services for design of a casinghead gas transportation and processing complex in the Nizhnevartovsk region, reported the press-centre of TNK-BP.

LLC Yugragazpererabotka’s capacity for casinghead gas processing is currently about 8 billion cubic meters per year.  The additional volume of casinghead gas processed at the complex is estimated at 3 billion cubic meters per year.

In the first design stage, it is planned to study the possibilities for expanding facilities, with detailed description of each version, and estimation of capital costs and return from investment.  The final expansion version will be chosen per the results of the first stage.  The second stage involves conducting a feasibility study of the chosen version.