Construction of liquefied natural gas plant started in Tyulyachi region
10 June 2014, Tuesday
On June 8, Tatarstan President Rustam Minnikhanov, Deputy Board Chairman of OAO “Gasprom” Valery Golubev, Chairman of Duma of Astrakhan region Aleksandr Klykanov, Deputy Chairman of Tatarstan State Council Aleksandr Gusev, Director General of OAO “Gasprom Transgas Kazan” Rafkat Kantyukov, and Head of Tyulyachi region Ildus Zaripov took part in foundation stone laying ceremony of liquefied natural gas plant started in Tyulyachi region.
The plant is expected to open in the first quarter of 2016, and its output will make 56, 000 tonnes per year. The project is supervised by OAO “Gasprom” and is implemented by OOO “Agro-industrial complex “Semiramida”. Similar complex is being built in Astrakhan region.
Rustam Minnikhanov said that opening of liquefied natural gas plant is an innovative step for Tatarstan and Russia. It is a new area aimed at expanding gas consumption in the country.
Tatarstan President noted that Tatarstan is one of the most gasified regions and biggest gas consumer in Russia.
The programme “Development of the marker of gas-engine fuel in the Republic of Tatarstan in 2013-2023” was accepted in the republic last year. It aims to gradual use of gas at all Tatarstan transport. Deputy Board Chairman of OAO “Gasprom” Valery Golubev said that construction of the plant will help creating new area in Russian gas industry.
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