OREANDA-NEWS. March 3, 2009. Igor Fyodorov, Member of the Gazprom Management Committee, Director General of Gazkomplektimpex and Adalberto Bestetti, President of Siirtec Nigi S. p. A. signed an engineering and construction contract for a gas treatment unit (GTU). The unit is to be installed at the Portovaya compressor station (CS) of the Nord Stream gas trunkline.

The GTU construction project is a unique solution as it stipulates creating a unit having nowadays no world analogues by its performance rates. The unit is intended for dehydration of 170 million cubic meters of natural gas per day. This is 3.6 times exceeds the capacity of the GTU at the Krasnodarskaya CS of the Blue Stream gas pipeline running across the Black Sea bottom from Russia to Turkey.

Pursuant to the contract, Siirtec Nigi S. p. A. will carry out the engineering, supervised installation and commissioning of the GTU as well as will ensure the supply of required equipment and materials. The first stage of the unit is projected to be installed in December 2010, the second – in December 2011.

Taking part in the open competition for the GTU were several international and domestic equipment suppliers. The competitive bid from Siirtec Nigi S. p. A. was chosen as it was best matched to the customer demands in terms of comprehensive engineering, pricing conditions, and the guarantees of timely and high-quality implementation of the project.