Construction of petrochemical complex begins in Atyrau region

09:42, 18 July 2013

ATYRAU. July 18. KAZINFORM - In Atyrau region is starting construction of a petrochemical complex worth $ 9 billion. The construction site of the new facility, which is being built under the Forced Industrialization Program, has been visited by the Kazakh Minister of Oil and Gas Uzakbai Karabalin. As he has been informed, a railway siding and a road have been lined to the site.

At the beginning is the first stage of the building phase. It will start in the fall. This stage involves creation of polypropylene production with capacity of 500 thousand tons per year. Project implementation period is 2016 with the launch in early 2017. It costs KZT 304.5 billion. What is particularly important for the region is that for the period of construction works on the project 4,800 people will be employed. About 500 of them will later stay on to serve modern settings.

The second phase is production of polyethylene itself. This project is designed to produce 800 thousand tons per year. Already have been worked out draft estimates of construction, which will be completed in 2017. Around 2900 workers and professionals will be engaged, and 480 of them will stay working then.

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