OREANDA-NEWS. Hydrotesting and drying of process pipelines on Volkhovskaya Compressor Station were completed by LLC "STROYGAZMONTAZH".

The station located in Volkhovsky District on the 2nd string of the North European Gas Pipeline is entirely ready for gas supply.

The Customer of construction is LLC "Gazprom Invest". The Contractor is JSC "Lengazspetsstroy" and Gazprom Transgaz Saint Petersburg plays the role of Operating organization.

Volkhovskaya CS is one of the six compressor stations which are constructed by LLC "STROYGAZMONTAZH" on the 2nd string of the North European Gas Pipeline within Gryazovets – Vyborg Section. In 2012 the following compressor stations as Elizavetinskaya CS, Babaevskaya CS, Gryazovetskaya CS (2nd string) and Sheksninskaya CS (1st string) were commissioned by LLC "SGM".

Volkhovskaya CS, as well as other stations, is equipped with four gas pumping units with the capacity of 16 MW each. "Ural" gas pumping units, manufactured on "Iskra-Avigas" Perm company, are considered as one of the best units in Russia. Unit capacity of the compressor station is 64 MW. Therefore, aggregate capacity of I and II strings of Volkhovskaya CS is 128 MW.

The commissioning of the facility is scheduled for June 2013.