MOSCOW (MRC) - Nizhnekamskneftekhim continues construction of the Ethylene-600 olefin complex in accordance with the schedule, despite the claims of Rostechnadzor due to adjustments to the project documentation, Kommersant reports, citing the words of the company's CEO Ayrat Safin at the international forum on energy efficiency and ecology in Kazan.
"Everything is being done in accordance with the working schedule. There is no delay," he said. Earlier it was reported that the Volga department of Rostekhnadzor, during an inspection in February-March, revealed violations of the requirements for urban planning activities during the construction of the complex, drew up protocols on a temporary ban on activities and sent the materials to the Tatarstan Arbitration Court.
In this regard, Nizhnekamskneftekhim explained that the adjustment of the project was caused by "objective necessity" and assured that the construction is being carried out in full accordance with the working documentation developed by the German company Linde with the involvement of Russian design institutes and "meet the requirements and standards of the Russian Federation."
A. Safin believes that Rostekhnazdor's claims arose because of "a slight misunderstanding" and now "the questions are being removed." "I can immediately assure that we have never built with a deviation from the design documentation, everything is in accordance with the design documentation," he said. The general director said that the company plans to submit the necessary documents "both to Rostekhnadzor and to the court."
Earlier, Nizhnekamskneftekhim announced that it intends to complete the main stage of construction of the Ethylene-600 complex in December 2022, which will allow it to start production in the second half of 2023. The complex plans to annually produce 600 thousand tons of ethylene, as well as 272 thousand tons of propylene, 246 thousand tons of benzene, 88 thousand tons of butadiene.
The construction of the olefin complex is carried out within the framework of a memorandum of strategic cooperation concluded in June 2017 between TAIF Group, which includes Nizhnekamskneftekhim, and the German company Linde AG. The basic agreement on the design, supply of equipment and provision of services for the commissioning of the first stage of the future plant was signed between Nizhnekamskneftekhim and the Linde Engineering division. In February 2019, a contract for construction and installation work was signed with the Turkish company Gemont.
According to MRC's ScanPlast, Russiaэs estimated PE consumption totalled 241,030 tonnes in January 2021 versus 217,890 tonnes a year earlier. Only shipments of low density polyethylene (LDPE) and high density polyethylene (HDPE) increased. At the same time, PP shipments to the Russian market reached 141,870 tonnes in January 2021 versus 123,520 tonnes a year earlier. Supply of homopolymer PP and PP block copolymers increased.
PJSC "Nizhnekamskneftekhim" (NKNKH) is one of the largest Russian producers of petrochemical products. The production complex of the company includes ten factories of the main production and ten departments (railway transport, main ethylene pipelines, etc.). NKNKh produces over 120 types of chemical products, including synthetic rubber, polyethylene, polypropylene, polystyrene, surfactants. Nizhnekamskneftekhim is part of TAIF Group.
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