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PJSC Gazprom has completed 61.9% of construction activities on subsidiary OOO Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk's 42 billion-cu m/year grassroots Amur natural gas processing plant (GPP) near Svobodny in Russia’s far-east Amur region (OGJ Online, Apr. 27, 2020; Apr. 12, 2018).
As of May 28, installation of core equipment at the first and second production trains—which are scheduled to come onstream in 2021—is completed, process pipelines are being installed and provided with thermal insulation, and startup and commissioning activities are now under way, Gazprom said.
At the GPP’s third production train, installation of process pipelines is also under way, while installation of steel structures and foundations for large equipment is nearing completion at the fourth train.
At the fifth and sixth production trains, alongside pouring of foundations, pipe racks and steel structures also are under assembly, Gazprom said.
With the opening of the navigation season, large equipment—which in 2020, will include 43 units weighing a total of 7,700 tonnes—can now be delivered by sea and river vessels to the Amur GPP’s wharf, according to the company.
Construction of the 160-Mw Svobodny powerplant, which will supply Amur GPP with heat and electricity starting late 2020, remains ongoing, with steam generators already in place and work now under way on the plant’s steam turbines and auxiliary equipment.
The plant includes six production lines, with the first two lines slated for commissioning in 2021. The remaining lines will be consecutively put in operation before yearend 2024. GPP is scheduled to reach full operational capacity by 2025, Gazprom said.