Belneftekhim announces PE and PP project in Belarus

Belneftekhim, the Belarus state-controlled petrochemical company, has announced plans to build new production capacity for polyethylene and polypropylene at its Polymir facility.
The company says the new capacities will be 150,000 tonnes per year for each polymer. The investment value of the project was not disclosed.
This project is one of 14 major projects planned for the Belarus petrochemical industry by the government and Belneftekhim during the 2011-2015 period.
According to Belneftekhim, building new PE and PP polymer capacity will allow Belarus to establish domestic production of PE and PP films, tubes, packing containers, and other products which are currently imported.
Established in 2000, Belneftekhim comprises over 60 organizations. It accounts for more than 30% of industrial production in Belarus and produces over 500 different petrochemical and chemical products. About 70% of its production is exported to more than 100 countries.

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Other products of Belneftekhim

 

Carnallite KMgCl3 · 6H2O is a natural crystalline hydrate with the following chemical composition: Mg — 8.7 percent; K — 14.1 percent; Cl — 38.3 percent; H2O — 38.9 percent. The content of potassium chloride in it reaches 25 percent, magnesium chloride — 29 percent, water of crystallization — 31 percent. Besides, the ore may contain NaCl (up to 9 percent) and insoluble residue (2 to 3 percent). Products derived from carnallite are potassium chloride and magnesium chloride. Potassium chloride is a concentrated potassium fertilizer. From magnesium chloride the following can be produced: light magnesia used the medical industry; medium magnesia used in paper industry; heavy magnesia in production of refractories; magnesium metal for production of magnesium alloys; magnesia cements used in construction industry. The total estimated reserves of carnallite in the Republic of Belarus exceed 2 billion tonnes. The depth of occurrence is 853 meters, the thickness of the carnallite layer is 8.8 to 9.4 meters. If you are interested in the project, please, contact by E-mail: koncbnx@belneftekhim.by Concern Belneftekhim, pr. Dzerzhinskogo, 73, 220116, Minsk. Fax: (+375 17) 27-97-00

Oil shales in Belarus

Oil shales in Belarus are clay, marl, calcareous and tuffaceous carbonate rocks containing 2—3 to 28 per cent of sapropelic organic matter.

In the Republic of Belarus, two deposits of oil shales found — Turovskoye and Lubanskoye.

The resource forecast for the Lubanskoye deposit is 1.2 bln tonnes, of Turovskoye is 2.7 bln tonnes. The depth of occurrence is 50 to 375 meters, the thickness of the layer is 0.6 to 2.7 meters.

The aim of the project is to organize in the Republic of Belarus a production of motor fuels, gas and raw materials for the chemical industry based on the technology of oil shale thermal processing.

The project provides for design and construction of pit mines and an ore-processing plant with the capacity of 5 mln tpy, a power plant with the capacity up to 500 MW and an power and processing plant for deep processing of oil shale.

The need in investments is about USD 2 bln.

Proposal for investor: participation in a joint stock company for construction and operation of a mining and chemical plant, providing funds in the form of a loan (credit) or otherwise.

If you are interested in the project, please, contact by E-mail: koncbnx@belneftekhim.by

Concern Belneftekhim, pr. Dzerzhinskogo, 73, 220116, Minsk. Fax: (+375 17) 27-97-00,

About Belneftekhim

The Belarusian State Concern for Oil and Chemistry (Belneftekhim Concern) is one of the largest industrial complexes of the Republic of Belarus.

Belneftekhim was created in April 1997 and comprises enterprises and organizations for crude oil production, refining and transportation, oil product sales, chemistry and petrochemistry, several scientific, research and development, construction, repair and commissioning organizations, as well as a developed distribution network in foreign markets.

Belneftekhim manufactures over 500 kinds of petrochemical and chemical products.

Belneftekhim's enterprises perform a full cycle of works related to crude oil exploration and production, its transportation, refining and oil product sales.

Belarusian oil refineries feature a high technology level of oil refining efficiency and oil product quality meeting world standards.

Organizations of the petrochemical industry of Belarus produce:

mineral fertilizers (nitrogen, potassium and phosphorous) making at that about 16 per cent of the world production of potassium chloride;

over 300 types and sizes of tires in an amount of over 5 mln per year for cars, trucks and heavy haulers, buses, trolleybuses, road-building vehicles, tractors and farm machines;

polyester fibers and yarns;

low-density polyethylene both of base grades and compositions on its basis, as well as a wide range of acrylic fibers;

glass fiber and its products;

nylon fibers and yards, cord fabrics, as well as virgin nylon-6 and composite materials on its basis;

biodiesel fuel;

paints, varnishes, polyethylene and polypropylene pipes, medical syringes, detergents and other products.

The present level of organization of production, continuous focus on technical upgrade and modernization of production facilities along with highly skilled workers and experts are the key components of stable work of Belneftekhim, which let the industry ensure a high technology and quality level of products.

All organizations of Belneftekhim work as per the system of international quality standards of the ISO 9000 series. As for the quality and environmental purity of motor fuel, the Republic of Belarus is the leader among the CIS countries. Much effort is being made for implementation of environmental management standards of the ISO 14000 series and of the OHSAS 18001 occupational health and safety assessment standard.

A priority of Belneftekhim's investment policy is realization of investment projects with high and resource-saving technologies, which are aimed at producing export and import-substituting goods.

Products of Belneftekhim organizations are exported to more than 90 countries of the world. Over 70 per cent of products manufactured by the petrochemical industry are sold to foreign markets.

Further development of the distribution network, search of new business partners, active promotion of petrochemical and chemical products to foreign markets is a strategic activity of Belneftekhim.

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