SIBUR’s Tobolsk Polypropylene Plant Enters Construction Phase
Thu, 31 July 2008
The President of SIBUR, Dmitriy Konov, and the Deputy Governor of Tyumen Region, Aleksandr Moor, laid a symbolic foundation stone at the site of the future polypropylene plant in Tobolsk.
Local and other contractors have now commenced site preparation work. The engineering companies are completing the basic design work and placing orders for process equipment with a long lead time, most of which will be delivered to the site during the 2009 navigation season.
Launch of the new plant is scheduled for 2011. It will be the largest such facility in the world with a design capacity of 500,000 t of polypropylene per year. Moor and Konov also held a working meeting to discuss preparations for commissioning of the first stage of a housing complex designed both for builders and staff of the new plant and for citizens of Tobolsk.
Project Timeline
April 2006 – SIBUR creates fully-owned subsidiary LLC “Tobolsk-Polimer” to handle the project.
January 2007 – SIBUR selects US company Fluor (Project Management Company) as project manager.
February 2007 – SIBUR signs agreement with Government of Tyumen Region on joint construction of housing partly intended for builders and staff of the new plant.
August 2007 – SIBUR and project manager FLUOR jointly select proprietary technologies: UOP (US) and INEOS (US).
August 2007 – Government of Tyumen Region and LLC “Tobolsk-Polimer” sign investment agreement on state support for the project.
December 2007 – SIBUR selects Italian company Tecnimont S.p.A and German company Linde-KCA-Dresden as contractors for front-end design, equipment supply and construction management.
June 2008 – The people of Tobolsk give their support to the project at a public hearing.
Source:
Plastinfo.ru
