Name of the Project
Gas processing and liquefaction project.

Location
The project is located near the settlement of Ust-Luga, in the Leningrad region of Russia.

Project Owner/s
The project operator is RusKhimAlyans, a special-purpose company established on a parity basis by Gazprom and RusGazDobycha.

Project Description
The project envisages the construction of facilities for the processing of 45-billion cubic metres of gas and for the production and shipping of 13-million tons of liquefied natural gas, up to four-million tons of ethane and more than two-million tons of liquefied petroleum gases a year.

The complex will process ethane-containing gas produced by Gazprom from the Achimov and Valanginian deposits of the Nadym-Pur-Taz region. The gas remaining after the processing (about 20-billion cubic metres) will go into the company’s gas transmission system.

The ethane produced at the plant will be supplied to a high-potential gas chemicals facility whose construction is to be independently sponsored by RusGazDobycha through a special-purpose entity, Baltic Chemical Complex. The estimated capacity of the future gas chemicals facility is more than one-million tons of polymers a year.

Potential Job Creation
During its most active phase, the construction will involve more than 25 000 specialists, with more than 5 000 permanent jobs to be created to man the operation of the facility.

Capital Expenditure
The project is estimated at about $10-billion.

Planned Start/End Date
It is expected to put the first train of the complex into operation in the second half of 2023 and the second train in late 2024.

Latest Developments
None stated.

Key Contracts and Suppliers
None stated.

On Budget and on Time?
Too early to state.

Contact Details for Project Information
Gazprom, tel +7 812 609 3421 or email pr@gazprom.ru.
RusGazDobycha, tel +7 495 419 5454 or email info@rusgasdob.ru.