OREANDA-NEWS. December 14, 2007. Tobolsk-Polimer, a subsidiary of SIBUR LLC has selected contractors to design (FEED), supply equipment and manage the construction of a planned propylene and polypropylene complex in the town of Tobolsk in Tyumen Region.

The Italian company Tecnimont S.p.A will act as engineering, procurement and construction contractor for a 510,000 tpa propylene plant based on propane dehydrogenation using UOP’s Oleflex TM technology. The German company Linde-KCA-Dresden will perform a similar role for a 500,000 tpa polypropylene plant using INEOS technology.

 
SIBUR new partners started contract execution are expected to manage the construction process all the way through to operational launch.