Novatek launches first stage of gas condensate fractionation and transshipment complex - Ust-Luga Complex

21-Jun-13

OAO NOVATEK (Novatek) has launched the first stage of the Gas Condensate Fractionation and Transshipment Complex (the Ust-Luga Complex) located at the port of Ust-Luga on the Baltic Sea. The inaugural tanker carrying 80,000 tons of naphtha was shipped to Braskem. The first stage of the Ust-Luga Complex includes a stable gas condensate fractionation unit with nameplate capacity of 3 mln tpa, 520,000 cubic meters of storage facilities for feedstock and products, a deep-water berth equipped with loading arms capable of loading tankers up to 120,000 deadweight tons, administrative buildings and living quarters, engineering systems and networks, and sewage treatment facilities. The second stage of the Ust-Luga Complex, which is currently under construction, includes another stable gas condensate fractionation unit with a nameplate capacity of 3 million tons. The second stage is expected to be completed during the Q4- 2013. The Ust-Luga Complex processes stable gas condensate into petroleum products: light and heavy naphtha, jet fuel, diesel fuel and heating/ship fuel, as well as to ship petroleum products and gas condensate to international markets.