Novy Urengoy gas and chemical complex

Investor: Gazprom

Client: "NUGCC", LLC

General contractor: VIS Group

Construction of Novy Urengoy gas and chemical complex is conducted 30 km from New Urengoy in Yamal-Nenets Autonomous District. The design capacity shall be up to 400,000 tons of low-density polyethylene of various grades per year. This production facility will become the largest one in Russia. In addition to core products, the complex under construction will produce a wide fraction of hydrocarbons and methane fraction. It is planned to use the gas produced at the Urengoy gas field as raw material for the production of ethylene and polyethylene.

The project is developed based on foreign cutting-edge technologies and will combine the ethylene production from blends of hydrocarbon gas and the subsequent production of low density polyethylene in a single technological chain. VIS Group is the General Contractor for the construction and putting the complex into operation.

The first stage includes construction of priority infrastructure facilities needed to support the site.

The second stage includes construction of primary production and offsite facilities.

Total area of the construction site is about 600 hectares. Works are carried out in close proximity to the Arctic Circle in the area with difficult climatic conditions.