OREANDA-NEWS. Stroytransgaz-M LLC (comprising Stroytransgaz Group), signed a cooperation agreement with PJSC NIPIgazpererabotka (NIPIGAZ), one of the leading gas processing research and design institutes in Russia.

The parties have agreed to join forces in preparing and delivering projects of oil and gas, petrochemical and industrial facilities construction.

When jointly taking part in the tenders, STG will be responsible for obtaining necessary documentation, preparation of the construction and installation work methods, cost estimates for equipment and materials as well as calculating the overall bidding price.

NIPIGAZ in its part will handle the preparation of designs and cost estimates for equipment and materials within its scope.

The agreement signed enables the STG Group to utilize the high-tech engineering expertise of NIPIGAZ while NIPIGAZ can further build its portfolio of joint EPC-contracts.

NIPIgazpererabotka (NIPIGAZ) is one of the leading R&D institutes in the oil and gas processing industry and is a part of SIBUR, the unique vertically integrated gas processing and petrochemical company. SIBUR owns and manages the largest gas processing business in Russia in terms of processing volumes of associated petroleum gas and is the leader of the Russian petrochemical industry.

The institute implements design solutions for collection, transportation and processing of light hydrocarbons, as well as associated petroleum and natural gas. NIPIGAZ relies on the best practices of design and combines them with the modern engineering technologies.

One of the distinctive features of the institute is its expertise in major international projects. NIPIGAZ is one of the leading designers for large-scale projects such as Caspian pipeline consortium, Tengiz gas processing plant, Blue Stream, Sakhalin-II, Yamal SPG (LNG plant) and the general designer of all plants in West Siberia.   As of now, the total capacity of gas processing plants (GPPs) designed by the institute exceeds 148 billion c.m. annually while the capacity of compression plants is over 54 billion c.m.