MOSCOW (MRC) - Production of acrylamide and polyacrylamide based on Saratovorgsintez (part of the LUKOIL structure) is scheduled to be launched in 2020, said the regional governor’s press service.
The joint project of LUKOIL and the French SNF was launched in 2012. The construction of the SNF Vostok plant at the Saratovorgsintez site was supposed to begin in 2014, in 2016 it was planned to receive the first products. At the time of the investment decision, the project cost was estimated at EUR50 million.
However, the laying of the first stone in the foundation of the new production took place only on May 26, 2016. To support the construction and further operation of the plant in May, OOO SNF Flopam was registered.
The first phase of construction was subsequently planned to be completed in 2019. The project is designed to produce 60 thousand tons of products with the possibility of expanding to 150 thousand tons. Investments in the first place of production as of 2018 were estimated at 2.5 billion rubles.
The territory of the new enterprise will be 20 hectares, the area of ??production, storage and technical premises - more than 20 thousand square meters. The plant will house two acrylamide workshops and four workshops for the production of powdered polyacrylamide.
Earlier, SNF owner Rene Peak said that before launching a new plant in Saratov, the investor will have to convince Russian oil companies to use new technologies, since, according to him, with the help of polymers, oil production can be almost doubled.
Earlier it was reported that in September Saratovorgsintez closed the production of acrylonitrile (ACN) for scheduled repairs. This production with a capacity of 190,000 tonnes of ACN per year was closed for repair within one month.
Saratovorgsintez was commissioned in 1957, and became a member of LUKOIL in 1999. The company operates the production of acrylonitrile with a capacity of 150 thousand tons per year (raw materials for polyacrylamide) and sodium cyanide with a capacity of 48 thousand tons.
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