OREANDA-NEWS. On 09 July 2009 was announced, that Saratovneftegas (integrated in OAO NK “RussNeft”)  had completed reconstruction of the gas part of Uritsk preliminary water removal unit (PWRU) with the aim of associated gas recovery.

The project has been put into action within the frames of implementation of the complex program “Development and  exploitation of raw hydrocarbon base for supply of gas to the consumers of Saratov Region” for the years 2008-2009.

The amount of financing equals 3 million rubles. Uritsk PWRU will condition the gas and supply it to the settlements of Lysogorsk District of Saratov Region. Reconstruction permits to involve in the process of recovery up to 30 thousand cbm of associated gas per day, to improve the quality of the supplied gas, increase  operating reliability of the facility, minimize the amounts of flared associated gas.

Decreasing the amounts of flared associated gas will result in improvement  of ecology in the areas of activity of “Saratovneftegas.