OREANDA-NEWS. Yangpur oil company started selling associated gas. In May, it put into operation a 20-kilometer long gas pipeline. It was laid from the booster pump station at Izvestinsky oilfield to Gubkinski gas processing plant, which is owned by the Russian company SIBUR.

Now, the useful utilization of gas will reach 95-98%. Thus, the experts of Belorusneft Russian subsidiary have solved one of the major production problems, which is no less important than building up reserves and reaching the planned values of oil recovery.

Previously, gas was simply flared and Yangpur had to constantly pay huge fines to the Russian budget. With the pipeline put into operation, the company will receive additional profit from selling raw materials. The company is planning to process at Gubkinsky plant at least 60 million cubic meters of associated gas annually.