ASTANA, Kazakhstan, July 25. One of
Kazakhstan’s largest manufacturing industry projects - the
construction of a polyethylene plant with a production capacity of
1.25 million tons per year - is underway in the Atyrau region,
Trend reports via
KazMunayGas.
During his visit to Atyrau, Chairman of the Management Board of
KazMunayGas Askhat Khassenov reviewed the current progress and key
stages of the project.
“At the pyrolysis unit, where ethylene will be produced, nearly 50 percent of the piling work has been completed: 7,437 of 15,038 piles have been driven, and foundation work has begun. At the same time, temporary infrastructure is being built, including offices, dormitories, and a cafeteria for staff,” KazMunayGas said.
The EPC (Engineering, Procurement, and Construction) contractor for the unit is Tecnicas Reunidas (Spain), in consortium with Sinopec Engineering Incorporation (China).
The project also has a significant socio-economic impact. At its
peak construction, over 8,000 people will be employed on site, and
around 800 permanent jobs are expected to be created once
operations begin. Currently, more than 300 people are working at
the construction site.
Additionally, engineering and planning work started on the Gas
Separation Complex (GSC). Moreover, the GSC project aims to supply
the polyethylene plant of Silleno LLP with the required feedstock -
about 1.57 million tons of ethane annually. The complex will be
built at the Tengiz oil field.
“This is a unique project, as Kazakhstan has never built a facility of this scale for processing dry gas (over 9 billion cubic meters per year) to extract valuable fractions - ethane and propane. These fractions will be extracted from dry, purified gas supplied by Tengizchevroil LLP. Commissioning is scheduled for 2029,” the producer added.
