Overall progress of the Amur Gas Processing Plant construction project in April 2021 was 75.1%
Commissioning is in progress at start-up complex 1. The site is connected to Power of Siberia main gas pipeline. All four tie-ins of the commercial and feed gas pipelines have been completed.
Feed gas is now supplied to the feed gas dehydration and treatment unit at process line 1, and the equipment is being set up. Preparation of Ladoga gas pumping unit 1 for gas reception and hot start have been completed at the booster compressor stations; alignment and cold start of Ladoga GPU 2 are underway. Preparation for reception of dehydrated gas is being completed at the ethane, NGL and nitrogen and helium mix unit. Functional tests of the equipment are carried out at the units of process line 1 simultaneously.
The first three spherical tanks of the product and feed area of the Amur Gas Processing Plant are ready for operation. Air is supplied to the mains at the nitrogen and air station, and preparations are being made for the supply of nitrogen to the mains. Main construction and installation at the water treatment facilities have been completed, and commissioning at the water treatment plant has begun.
Background
Amur Gas Processing Plant of PJSC Gazprom will become one of the world's largest natural gas processing enterprises with a capacity of 42 billion cubic meters of gas per year. The plant will consist of six process lines, with the first two scheduled to be put into operation this year. Commercial products will include treated methane, ethane, propane, butane, pentane and hexane fraction, NGL, and helium.
Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk LLC (member of Gazprom Group) is the investor and owner of the Amur Gas Processing Plant construction project. Construction is managed by JSC NIPIGAS, the leading Russian center for engineering, procurement and construction management.