Omsk plans back integration

Journal Article · Wed Dec 02 04:00:00 EST 1992 · Chemical Week; (United States)

OSTI ID:6702234

Alperowicz, N

Omskhimprom (Omsk), one of Russia's largest producers of polystyrene (PS), is back integrating to styrene and other petrochemicals. As the structure of the chemical industry in the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) changes. Omskhimprom will no longer be able to rely on present raw material suppliers Shevchnko in Kazakhstan and Nizhnekamskneftekhim in Taterstan, which have their own development plans. Omskhimprom, recently transformed into a joint stock company and sold to its workers, hopes to complete the back integration in the next five years, says Valeria Voischeva, senior engineer. The company's plants have annual capacities for 100,000 m.t. of high-impact PS, 3,000 m.t. of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene, 30,000 m.t. of acrylonitrile butadiene styrene 30,000 m.t. of 2-ethyl hexanol, and 24,000 m.t. of phthalic anhydride. In the second stage of the development plan, Omskhimprom is studying the feasibility of building a petrochemical complex that would include a 300,000-m.t./year ethylene plant. The company says that it has natural resources locally, and, because Omsknefteorgsintez, one of the world's largest refineries, is located nearby, it will have no problems in obtaining feedstocks.

• OSTI ID: 6702234
• Journal Information: Chemical Week; (United States), Journal Name: Chemical Week; (United States) Vol. 151:22; ISSN CHWKA9; ISSN 0009-272X
• Country of Publication: United States
• Language: English

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