OREANDA-NEWS. An official ceremony devoted to commissioning the Lokosovskiy gas processing unit production facilities after an upgrading process.
 
As a result of the upgrading, producing capacity of the unit increased from 1 to 1.9 bln cu m of associated gas per year.
 
The Lokosovskiy gas processing unit upgrading was the final stage of creating a full associated oil and gas conversion system of OOO LUKOIL-Zapadnaya Sibir (100% subsidiary of OAO LUKOIL).

Presently, the average level of associated gas utilization in the Company is approximately 80%. OOO LUKOIL oil gas utilization program is aimed at reaching 95%.