OREANDA-NEWS. May 25, 2010. Construction work has been started in the territory of Ust-Luga merchant seaport under the construction project of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) transshipment complex.  

The new export terminal will be the largest Russian LPG transshipment terminal. Its favorable geographic position will enable SIBUR to transport its products to previously inaccessible markets of North-West Europe. 

The first stage will include construction of motorcar approach ways, water discharge facilities, and a railway dead-end track with platforms for reception and storage of cargoes during the construction period. Besides, a detailed design work is underway including the one concerning the refrigerator railcar fleet facilities.

The project is executed by SIBUR-Portenergo LLC, a subsidiary company of SIBUR. The general contractor is Engineering Corporation Transstroy CJSC. The design capacity of the new complex is up to 1.5 mln tpy of liquefied petroleum gases and 2.5 mln tpy of light oils.

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Execution of numerous projects for substantial increase of associated petroleum gas processing volumes in Russia leads to increase in volumes of liquefied petroleum gases (LPG) and stable natural gasoline (SNG) produced therefrom. SIBUR's strategic benchmark is reprocessing of this gas chemical feedstock in the territory of Russia to final HPV polymers: polypropylene, polyvinyl chloride, polyethylene, and polystyrene. To this effect, the Company is executing large-scale projects for construction of appropriate petrochemical complexes in Tyumen Oblast, Nizhniy Novgorod Oblast, and other regions.

The internal demand of LPGs by petrochemical operations, public utility companies, and motor transport enterprises using gas is considerably lower than the supply thereof by national gas processing plants. A further increase in LPG production volumes calls for establishment of efficient export outlets. At present, the basic LPG export volumes are realized by rail towards neighboring states or through ports of foreign countries.