New pyrolisis furnace Russia's GNS to increase olefins capacity

01-Apr-14

Russia's Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat has launched a new pyrolisis furnace at its Monomer petrochemical plant in Bashkortostan, in the Urals region of Russia, and expects its ethylene and propylene output this year will increase by around 13%, as per Platts. GNS did not give the exact capacity of the new line, but said that the ethylene output should increase this year to 310,000 mt. The new production line has a higher efficiency (91-92%) than the existing equipment (on average 73%), the company said, and is a part of the Salavat's capacity modernization project. The line can run on two types of feedstocks, processing up to 34 mt of LPG an hour or up to 36 mt/hour of naphtha, the company said. The Monomer plant has three units, which produce olefins, plastics and alcohols and plasticizers. In 2012 the company produced 223,000 mt of ethylene, 114,000 of benzene, 146,000 ethyl-benzene and 137,000 mt of styrene in 2012, according to its annual report, published on the website. The data for 2013 is not yet available. GNS also runs a refinery and a gas processing plant at the same site.