SIBUR in 2025-2026 expects to launch the Amur Gas Chemical Complex that will refine liquid hydrocarbons from the Amur Gas Processing Plant, changing the configuration of technology and suppliers, the petrochemical holding's CEO Mikhail Karisalov said during the Eastern Economic Forum 2022, said Interfax.
"According to the information that we have from Gazprom , the Amur GPP has more than 80% progress, respectively, and we are in the wake of the project [to implement construction of the Amur GCC]. We will accept more than 3.5 million tonnes of liquid hydrocarbon feedstock for processing in 2025-2026. We expect that we will be able to reconfigure the processing technology on site despite the current situation, taking into account the sanctions of a number of licensors and equipment suppliers. We will be able to launch the plant and become Gazprom's reliable partner in this general line as well," Karisalov said.
We remind, SIBUR has partnered with the global engineering company Technip Energies to licence out its technology for producing 1-hexene, a co-monomer used to make LLDPE and HDPE. The technology, known as HEXSIB, was developed by NIOST – one of SIBUR’s main R&D centres. 1-Hexene can be used to make LLDPE and HDPE and is an essential component of speciality polyethylene grades that offer premium quality and boast much better properties than commodity grades. For example, 1-hexene helps reduce the amount of plastic used in each end product and lower the environmental footprint by providing the same barrier properties to a thinner film.
SIBUR Holding is the leader of the petrochemical industry in Russia and one of the world's largest companies in the sector with more than 23,000 employees. Over the past 10 years, SIBUR has implemented a number of large-scale investment projects worth about 1 trillion rubles.
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