Gazprom & Linde Signed EPSS Contract for Gas Processing Complex in Ust-Luga

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Wolfgang Reitzle, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Linde, took place in St. Petersburg.

The parties reviewed current issues of cooperation, including Gazprom’s Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) construction project. Linde’s equipment for cryogenic gas separation and for helium production is employed at the enterprise. The GPP’s first two production trains are being prepared for commissioning at the moment.

The meeting also touched upon the project for the creation of the Gas Processing Complex in Ust-Luga as part of the Complex for processing ethane-containing gas (GPC of CPECG).

Kirill Seleznev, Director General of RusKhimAlyans, and Juergen Nowicki, CEO of Linde Engineering, signed an agreement of intent in the presence of Alexey Miller and Wolfgang Reitzle. The document outlines the main terms and conditions of a prospective EPSS contract providing for engineering services, equipment supplies, and maintenance of gas processing and off-site facilities.