SIBUR subsidiary commences construction of integrated ethylene, PE, PP complex at Tobolsk

23-Feb-15

ZapSibNeftekhim LLC, a subsidiary of Russian petrochemical manufacturer OAO SIBUR Holding, Moscow, has started construction on its long-planned integrated ethylene, polyethylene and polypropylene production complex at Tobolsk in Western Siberia’s Tyumen region, as per ogjonline.com. The first foundations have now been laid for the ZapSibNeftekhim (ZapSib-2) complex, which will include a 1.5 mln tpa ethylene steam cracker, four polyethylene (PE) production units with a production capacity of 1.5 million tpy, a 500,000-tpy polypropylene (PP) production unit, as well as 100,000 tpa butane-butylene fractionation (BBF) unit. Start of construction follows the January issuance of requisite permits by Tobolsk’s local government, which followed approval of final designs for the ZapSib-2 project by Russia’s Glavgosexpertiza (General Board of State Expert Review) in late 2014. Most on-site preparations already have been completed, and contracts for detailed design work, equipment, and material supplies for the complex’s key process units have been signed and initiated, SIBUR said. As per OGJ Online, SIBUR awarded the following engineering and technology-related contracts for ZapSib-2’s major units shortly after announcing the project: • Linde AG to provide licensing and front-end engineering design (FEED) for the 1.5 mln tpa ethylene plant. • Ineos Technologies Ltd. to provide licensing for its proprietary Innovene G and Innovene S processes for the manufacture of linear low-density and high-density PE. The two 400,000 tpa Innovene G plants and two Innovene S plants will produce the full range of Ziegler monomodal, Ziegler bimodal, chromium, and metallocene products for Russian and export markets. • Technip SA to provide FEED for the PE plant. • LyondellBasell to provide its Spheripol process technology for the single-line, 500,000 tpa PP plant. • ThyssenKrupp AG to provide FEED for the PP plant. SIBUR also said it recently has let a contract to Russia’s OAO NIPIgazpererabotka to design infrastructure and off-site installations for the project.