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28 MAY 2013SIBUR has begun integrated equipment testing at the propylene storage facility and trial production of the first polypropylene line at the company’s Tobolsk-Polymer complex, according to the commissioning timetable. This follows testing of the first production line at the extrusion plant and the polypropylene packaging and dispatch plant.Enterprise: Tobolsk-Polymer LLCIndustry: Basic Polymers
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23 MAY 2013Russian President Vladimir Putin has visited SIBUR’s Voronezh site to witness the commissioning of a new manufacturing plant which will produce styrene-butadiene thermoplastic elastomers (TPE). These innovative polymers have many applications including in road construction where they prolong a road’s serviceable life.Region: Voronezh RegionEnterprise: Voronezhsintezkauchuk JSCIndustry: Synthetic Rubbers
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22 MARCH 2013SIBUR has completed another project to increase associated petroleum gas (APG) processing rates at its gas processing facilities. The upgrade of a low-temperature condensation unit (LTCU) at Muravlenko GPP brought the recovery rate of desired fractions in APG processing from 95.6% to 98%.
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22 FEBRUARY 2013
Reliance Sibur Elastomers Private Limited (RSEPL), a joint venture between SIBUR and Reliance Industries Limited (RIL), hosted the official ground-breaking ceremony for the construction of their new butyl rubber plant.
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28 DECEMBER 2012
SIBUR has expanded its methyl tertiary butyl ether (MTBE) designed capacity in Tchaikovsky, Perm Territory, from 200,000 to 220,000 tonnes per year.
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24 DECEMBER 2012Today, public hearings initiated by SIBUR were held in Tobolsk, to discuss the findings of the environmental impact assessment under the proposed project to construct ZapSibNeftekhim, an integrated hydrocarbon processing facility. About 250 local residents took part in the hearings.Region: Tyumen RegionIndustry: Basic Polymers
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15 DECEMBER 2012Yuzhno-Balyksky GPP hosted an official ceremony to launch a low-temperature condensation and rectification unit. The outcome of the project is expected to result in 98% recovery rate of desired fractions in processing of associated petroleum gas, which is on a par with the global benchmarks.Enterprise: Yuzhno-Baliksky GPPIndustry: Hydrocarbon Feedstock
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16 NOVEMBER 2012SIBUR has launched construction of a new main pipeline to transport natural gas liquids (NGL) from the Purovsky Gas Condensate Processing Plant to Tobolsk-Neftekhim.Region: Tyumen RegionIndustry: Hydrocarbon Feedstock
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30 OCTOBER 2012Perm, 30 October 2012. Second phase of AlphaporTM expandable polystyrene production line was officially launched at SIBUR’s production site in Perm. The design capacity of the new line is 50,000 tonnes of EPS per year, and with its launch the Company’s aggregate polystyrene design capacity in Perm has reached 100,000 tonnes per year.Region: Perm TerritoryIndustry: Plastics and Organic Synthesis
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9 OCTOBER 2012
London, 9 October 2012. Russian petrochemical company SIBUR and Solvay have signed an agreement to establish RusPAV, a 50/50 joint venture for the production of surfactants and oilfield process chemicals in Dzerzhinsk, Russia. The agreement was signed during the 26th Gastech Conference in presence of the Minister of Energy of the Russian Federation, Alexander Novak, by Dmitry Konov, CEO of SIBUR, and Emmanuel Butstraen, Head of Solvay's Global Business Unit Novecare.
Region: Nizhny Novgorod Region
