SIBUR Choose an EPC-contractor as Part of a Polypropylene Production Complex Construction

Tobolsk-Polymer LCC and the Italian company Tecnimont S.p.A. have concluded an Engineering Procurement and Construction Contract (EPC-contract) for a propane dehydration unit with the capacity of 510 thousand tons of propylene per year in Tobolsk.

Earlier, Tecnimont S.p.A. executed a FEED contract for development of front end engineering design and supply of long lead equipment. In the near future, Tecnimont S.p.A. will start pile works at the construction site. It is scheduled to deliver the main part of the large-sized equipment to Tobolsk in 2010 - 2011.

The total contract value makes about 650 million Euro. At the following stage, Tobolsk-Polymer will select the engineering, procurement and construction contractor for the polypropylene plant.

Tecnimont S.p.A is a subsidiary of the Maire Tecnimont S.p.A concern, actively working in Italy and in the international market and rendering design and construction services with regard to chemistry and petrochemistry, oil and gas, power engineering, infrastructure and civil construction. Concern employs about 4500 people. Borealis, Basell, Petrorabigh and Chevron-Phillips are among the clients of the concern.

OOO Tobolsk-Polymer is a 100 % affiliated society of SIBUR Holding JSC created for implementation of the construction project of a polypropylene production complex with the capacity of 500 thousand tons per year. The complex is under construction in immediate proximity to an operating factory of Tobolsk-Neftekhim LLC and using its raw-material base; the factory is also a 100 % affiliated society of SIBUR Holding JSC. The technological process of the new complex consists of two basic parts, i.e. production of 510 thousand tons of propylene per year by the method of propane dehydration, and production of 500 thousand tons of polypropylene a year from it.