en.Wedoany.com Reported - KazMunayGas (KMG), Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company, announced that the first batch of large-scale equipment for the polyethylene plant under construction has arrived in the country. The project is expected to commence production in 2029, with an annual design capacity of 1.25 million tons.

According to KMG's press service, two mixed cargo ships delivered the first batch of large-scale equipment for the polyethylene plant under construction in the Atyrau region to the port of Yeraliye in the Mangystau region. The shipment includes nine units of cracking equipment dispatched from the manufacturer, with a total weight of approximately 12,000 tons, equivalent to the weight of about 200 fully loaded railway cars.

The delivered equipment includes reactors, separators, and towers. The largest piece is a wet flare knockout drum, weighing 347 tons and measuring over 43 meters in length.

KMG stated that unloading has been completed, and the next phase involves transporting the equipment to the construction site in the "National Industrial Petrochemical Technopark" special economic zone in the Atyrau region. The company added that the delivery of the first batch of equipment confirms that the project's construction progress is on schedule.

Silleno, the project operator, previously stated that the logistics operations for equipment transportation began on March 13, with loading at the port of Shanghai. Silleno is the operator of the polyethylene project in the Atyrau region, which was launched in 2022 and is scheduled for completion in 2029. Upon commissioning, its output is expected to account for approximately 1% of global polyethylene production.

Project participants include Kazakhstan's national oil and gas company KMG (29.9%), SIBUR (30%), Sinopec (30%), and KMG PetroChem (10.1%). The estimated cost of the project is $7.7 billion, with funding sources including shareholders' own funds and international bank loans.

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