Nipigaz will supply the equipment and materials, and commission the gas processing plant.
Said to be Russia’s largest natural gas processing facility, the Amur complex will process 49 billion cubic meters (bcm) gas a year to methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane-hexane fraction and helium. It will feature world’s largest helium production facility
The facility will receive multi-component gas from the Irkutsk and Yakutia gas production centers through Power of Siberia gas pipeline.
The companies plan to commence pre-developing activities on the construction site later this year.
Sibur said that the phased commissioning of the GPP production lines will be carried out together with the expansion of gas production capacities in Yakutia and the Irkutsk region.
