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Russian PM orders Rosneft to resume

Sakhalin oil production

RUSSIA RUSSIAN Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin September 25, the PM’s decree, published online,
has ordered Rosneft to resume oil production stated.
The pipeline carrying from a key subsidiary in the Far East, Russia’s Mishustin also ordered the Far East Devel-
the company's oil has RBC news agency reported on August 31 citing opment Ministry, the Economic Development
fallen into disrepair. sources. Ministry, Gazprom and Novatek to develop
Production at RN-Sakhalinmorneftegaz, a long-term programme for developing LNG
which controls dozens of mostly fields on and production in Russia by November 1. The pro-
offshore Sakhalin, was significantly lowered over gramme should include a plan for supplying gas
a month ago. Rosneft blamed the disruption on to consumers.
OPEC+ cuts, but NewsBase understands that an In addition, he decreed that the energy min-
accident occurred at the Okha-Komsomolsk- istry and oil and gas companies should draw up
on-Amur pipeline which normally transports a step-by-step plan for the gasification of the Far
Sakhalinmorneftegaz’s oil. East Federal district by 2030 by October 14. The
Okha-Komsomolsk-on-Amur has been in Russian Far East contains sizeable gas reserves,
operation since 1974 and is understood to have but pipeline infrastructure is limited and many
fallen into disrepair. Rosneft wants to build a new areas do not have access to gas.
pipeline, Sabo-Dagi, to replace it. Meanwhile, Gazprom Novatek and authori-
Mishustin has instructed Rosneft’s man- ties to present a separate plan by October 5 for
agement and Russia’s energy ministry to look supplying gas to the Far Eastern Kamchatka
into the matter. Results of a study on the situa- region, where Novatek is constructing an LNG
tion should be reported to the government by transhipment terminal. ™

Turkmen petchems plant

reaches full capacity

TURKMENISTAN PRODUCTION at the Kiyanli petrochemical in 2014. Its operator is state gas firm Turkmen-
complex in western Turkmenistan reached full gaz. The facility is on the shore of Caspian Sea,
The plant was brought capacity in the first half of this year, Turkmen providing it with easy access to markets in the
on stream back in state media reported on August 27. Caspian region.
October 2018. The plant, which was brought on stream back Turkmengaz supplies around 5bn cubic
in October 2018, is now producing polyethylene metres per year of raw gas feedstock to the plant
(PE) and polypropylene (PP) at respective rates from Caspian Sea fields, which then produces
of 381,000 and 81,000 tonnes per year (tpy), some 4.5 bcm per year of pure methane. The raw
media said. This helped bring national produc- gas comes from Caspian Sea fields operated by
tion of PE to 1.374mn tonnes in January through Malaysia’s Petronas.
July, up 140% year on year, while PP climbed The project cost a reported $3bn, of which
40.5% to 711,000 tonnes, the country’s statistics $2.5bn was covered by loans from the Japan
committee claims. Bank for International Co-operation (JBIC),
Turkmenistan is eager to build up its petro- the Export-Import Bank of Korea (KEXIM)
chemicals business to extract more value from and other financiers. It uses technologies sup-
its gas resources – the fourth-largest in the world plied by Lummus Technology and W.R. Grace
at 19.5 trillion cubic metres proven, according & Co.
to BP. Turkmenistan has completed several other
The Kiyanli complex was built by Japan’s gas-based downstream projects in recent years,
Toyo Engineering and South Korea’s Hyundai including a gas-to-gasoline plant that entered
Engineering and LG, under a contract awarded operations in June last year. ™

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