BAKU, Azerbaijan, Oct. 22
By Klavdiya Romakayeva - Trend:
Uzbekneftegaz JSC is implementing an investment project on construction of a propane-butane mixture production unit at the Uchkyr desulphurization unit of the Gazli oil and gas production department worth $49.4 million, Trend reports referring to Uzbekneftegaz.
The project is aimed at the construction of a propane-butane mixture production unit with a capacity of 4.5 billion cubic meters of gas per year with the production of liquefied gas 80,000 tons per year, gas condensate 37,500 tons and ensuring the growing demand of domestic consumers in the data fuels.
The project provides for the construction of a zeolite gas drying unit, tanks for receiving, storing, and shipping liquefied gases to consumers, a propane-butane mixture production unit, an operating room, and a laboratory building.
Some 18 import and 55 local contracts for the purchase of equipment were concluded for a total of $13.9 million and 128.34 billion soums ($12.4 million).
Imported equipment is manufactured at the factories of Sumy NPO PJSC (Ukraine), Turbogaz PJSC (Ukraine), Linde AG (Germany), Hydromashservice JSC (Russia), Azstraststroy LLC (Russia), Promresurs PC (Russia), and others.
The equipment is a turboexpander, pumps, sections of an air cooler (AVO-1) for zeolite gas drying unit and propane-butane mixture production unit, heat exchangers, separators, steel pipes, a piston compressor unit (type FAS-HG), laboratory equipment, installation is in progress.
Currently, the contractor Mubarekneftegazmontazh LLC has completed the total volume of work by 80.1 percent.
Completion of construction and installation work is scheduled for November this year.
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