MOSCOW (MRC) - A polypropylene (PP) plant within the framework of the integrated gas-chemical complex of Kazakhstan Petrochemical Industries (KPI) in Atyrau will be ready by mid-2021, the press service of the Samruk-Kazyna Foundation reports.
The project will allow producing up to 500,000 tonnes/year. The gas-chemical complex is being built in the territory of the special economic zone (SEZ) "National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark".
At the moment, the plant is completing the production of a distillation column for propane / propylene separation.
It is emphasized that to the present it is the only equipment in its volume, which is manufactured in Kazakhstan.
The deadline for the manufacture of the column under the contract is 13 October, 2019.
It was noted earlier that the first integrated gas-chemical complex in Atyrau within the framework of the Special Economic Zone (SEZ) "National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark" should consist of a number of enterprises.
This is a plant for the production of PP with a capacity of 500,000 tonnes/year, polyethylene (PE) with a capacity of up to 800,000 tonnes/year, for the production of butadiene and synthetic rubber, as well as a factory for the production of PE film.
The first major petrochemical project on the territory of the SEZ is the production of PP. The project cost is about USD2.6 billion. As part of the second phase of the construction of a gas chemical complex in Atyrau, the construction of a PE plant is planned.
AtyrauNefteMash (former Atyrau Engineering Plant named after G.I. Petrovsky - an enterprise for the production of oilfield and exploration equipment. The factory was founded in 1921 on the basis of the mechanical workshops of the Embaneft trust. Since 1995, the plant has been producing equipment for the oil industry. At present, Atyrau, Pavlodar and Shymkent plants are operating in Kazakhstan. Upon completion of modernization, the oil refining capacity at three plants increased from 13.8 to 16.5 mln tonnes, and the output of all types of light oil products increased. The volume of production of motor gasoline increased by 2.35 mln tonnes, diesel fuel - by 0.9 mln tonnes, jet fuel - by 0.54 mln tonnes.
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