... OPEC+ agreement to cut oil production,” said Markov. “This is a significant decrease, and we had a local deficit in Q3 exactly because of the slowdown in oil production and refining. In petrochemicals, however, LPG consumption increased thanks to ZapSibNeftekhim. Exports shrank the most, but all non-exported volumes were welcomed by ZapSibNeftekhim.” According to Markov, in Q4, the market is under the influence of the second wave of restrictions, so the community feels only cautiously optimistic ...

... operations and implementation of Industry 4.0 at existing plants and new complexes. SIBUR is one of the world’s most profitable petrochemical companies and ranks highly for volume of investments. Two new projects – the recently launched ZapSibNeftekhim and the ongoing Amur Gas Chemical Complex (AGCC) project – are transforming SIBUR’s business and market positions, as well as fundamentally changing Russia’s petrochemical market and the country’s non-commodity export capabilities....

... Director of the Pyrolysis plant, told the head of state about the automated production control system at the plant and pointed out that the central control room “looks like an air traffic control centre, so we call it the molecule control centre.” ZapSibNeftekhim employs residents of the Tyumen Region as well as people from other regions, with young talent accounting for about 12% of the total headcount. Dmitry Konov, the Chairman of SIBUR Holding’s Management Board, told the President about ...

... Şti.) sold limited volumes of polypropylene and rubbers in Turkey as the then existing production capacity allowed for sales mainly in the local market. At the same time, the office was preparing for an expected surge in volumes following the launch of ZapSibNeftekhim – we were running some pre-marketing activities, getting to know potential customers and building up our customer base. With the launch of ZapSibNeftekhim in early 2019, we started supplying polyethylene to the Turkish market and were ...

Alexey Markov sat down with Argus, a price assessment agency. – SIBUR’s exports of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) more than halved this year. Is it only due to its consumption growth as a feedstock for ZapSibNeftekhim? – Two key factors led to the decline in exports. The first factor is of course the launch of ZapSibNeftekhim, which was reflected in our forecasts. The second factor, which we did not take into account and which had an important impact ...

SIBUR’s Turkish subsidiary has moved to a new office. The new SIBUR International Trading office is located in Levent, Istanbul’s main business district, close to the bridges over the Bosporus. Previously, the company’s office was near Istanbul Atatürk Airport – convenient for visitors to the branch. But in April 2019 the airport moved to another location. The logistics between our regional clients and the office became quite complicated. It was high time for us to relocate. “The Istanbul...

... the technology’s deep integration with enterprises’ production tasks and universal application on any production site as the new service’s main benefits over rival systems. Igor Klimov, Member of the Management Board, CEO of SIBUR Tobolsk and ZapSibNeftekhim, is excited above all by the financial impact delivered by the technology: “One operational communication session via our AR platform helps save between several hundred thousand and a million roubles by reducing business trip expenses ...

Premiere on the Discovery Channel. It offers a virtual dive into the fascinating world of chemistry, fr om natural carbon compounds to the manufacturing of modern plastics and then a high-level view of the science and technology behind ZapSibNeftekhim. Its scale is striking. ZapSibNeftekhim is one of just five facilities in the world that produce basic polymers on such a huge scale. The unique, advanced production facility for deep conversion of natural feedstocks into polymers took ...

ZapSibNeftekhim has increased the output of polypropylene grades for medical use. ZapSibNeftekhim’s product range currently includes 16 polypropylene grades. The coronavirus pandemic forced it to ramp up the production of grades used in medicine and ...

SIBUR takes part in Interplastica, a traditional plastic industry trade fair. All for recycling in Russia Interplastica traditionally brings together professionals fr om across the polymer industry, having become a platform for discussing the previous season’s results and plans for the coming year. “An industry exhibition is always a great opportunity to meet with a large number of clients and potential partners in a span of a few days, talk about takeaways of the year, and outline plans...

... model organically. According to Darya Borisova, the main challenge that SIBUR and the entire sector are now facing is to develop competitive world-class industrial facilities. An important step towards this accomplishment will be the launch of ZapSibNeftekhim , Russia’s largest ever polyethylene and polypropylene production facility. It will provide an impetus to polymer processing and manufacturing of end products such as packaging, construction materials, components of household appliances,...

... facility being built at the Tobolsk site planned to be launched in 2021.” Mikhail Karisalov and Sergei Donskoi, Head of the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment of Russia. Photo: Roscongress photo bank When asked about ZapSibNeftekhim’s impact on the industry, Mikhail Karisalov said that the facility is already among the Top 5 polymer capacities worldwide and does change the balance of power in a notable way. “With the ZapSib’s 2 mt of polymer products, the country ...

... tons/year from Tobolsk Polypropylene, which completed its plant, based on Ineos technology, in 2013. Propylene feedstock is sourced from an adjacent UOP-process propane dehydrogenation unit, fed with about 610,000 metric tons/year of LPG. ZapSibNeftekhim produces first polyethylene from its own feedstock. “When ZapSib is fully onstream, we expect to triple our PE and PP business and grow our olefins and polyolefins segment margins, which currently stand at around 36%,” Komyshan ...

... energy efficiency and recycling on the other. The Science Campus of K 2019 was set to establish a dialogue between science and industry, and sought to minimise the industry’s environmental impact. SIBUR showcased PE and PP grades to be produced at ZapSibNeftekhim to its foreign customers and partners. New grades, including HDPE, LLDPE and PP copolymers will meet market demand in Russia and the CIS, and will also be exported to Europe, Turkey and China. At the trade fair, SIBUR's experts attended ...

SIBUR launched a logistics hub in the Kaluga Region for product storage and transportation. SIBUR’s new logistics hub was commissioned in Freight Village Vorsino, Kaluga Region. As the launch of ZapSibNeftekhim approaches, SIBUR seeks to expand its logistics capacities. Container trains will be used to deliver products fr om Tobolsk to the rail terminal in Freight Village Vorsino located along the M3 Federal Highway from Moscow to Kiev, 95 km ...