Samples of water, bottom sediments and air in the area of the Amur Gas Processing Plant comply with environmental regulations
Industrial environmental monitoring conducted by theFederal State Budgetary Institution “Centre of Laboratory Analysis and Technical Measurement for the Far Eastern Federal District” confirmed that the construction of the Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) is being conducted in full compliance with the Russian and international environmental standards.
Experts assessed the quality of surface waters of the Bolshaya Pyora River by 27 indicators; sampling was carried out at the background and control points. Bottom sediments were also sampled to determine the granulometric composition, hydrogen index, organic matter content, petroleum hydrocarbons, chlorides, phenols and heavy metals. Atmospheric air samples were taken at six observation points, and concentrations of dust and suspended particles, carbon and nitrogen oxides, nitrogen and sulfur dioxides, hydrocarbons, benz(a)pyrene and hydrogen sulfide were determined. No contamination was detected according to the test results.
«Monitoring of the impact of construction of the Amur GPP on the environment has been carried out since the beginning of construction of the plant. For the entire period of observation, no exceedances of the maximum permissible concentrations, also on water bodies, were registered, and no contamination of soil and air was detected. The current monitoring effort has once again confirmed that construction is carried out in accordance with all Russian and international environmental standards,» said Vera Alushkina, Chief Specialist of the Environmental Department of Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk LLC.
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Gazprom's Amur Gas Processing Plant will become one of the world's largest natural gas processing plants. Its design capacity will amount to 42 billion cubic meters of gas per year. GPP will also include the world's largest production of helium — up to 60 million cubic meters per year. The Amur Gas Processing Plant is an important link in the process chain of natural gas supply to China via the Eastern route. The plant will receive the multi-component feed gas from Power of Siberia gas pipeline from the Yakutsk and Irkutsk gas production centres currently built by Gazprom with its Eastern Gas Program.
Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk LLC (member of Gazprom Group) is the Investor and Owner of Amur Gas Processing Plant project. Construction is managed by NIPIGAS, a leading Russian centre for engineering, procurement, logistics and construction management (member of SIBUR Group). Peak time for construction will be in 2019 to 2020 when over 25,000 workers will be mobilized to the site.
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