Led by Alexander Ananenkov, Deputy Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, a group of the Company’s experts started a business trip to the Far East.
Tuesday the Company’s experts visited construction sites of the Sakhalin main compressor station (MCS) and the Sakhalin section of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok gas transmission system (GTS).
At the MCS construction headquarters Alexander Ananenkov moderated a working meeting dedicated to construction of the said facilities. Taking part in the meeting were the following Members of the Gazprom Management Committee: Oleg Aksyutin, Head of the Gas Transportation, Underground Storage and Utilization Department and Yaroslav Golko, Head of the Investment and Construction Department.
At present, startup operations are underway at all basic process facilities. Hydraulic testing of gas communications is completed as well as installation and testing of the MCS fire-fighting equipment, installation of an interconnector between the junction point of the Sakhalin I project and the Sakhalin MCS is nearly completed, construction and installation of block valve stations at the Sakhalin section of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok GTS will soon be finished.
The meeting paid special attention to the proposals made by Stroygazmontazh, the general contractor, in order for the company to catch up with the construction schedule to ensure gas supply in August 2011 for comprehensive testing of the Sakhalin MCS and the linear part of the Sakhalin – Khabarovsk – Vladivostok GTS.
Based on the meeting results, Gazprom’s contracting companies and structural units were given the tasks aimed at timely completion of installation, construction and startup activities in order to ensure gas supply within the prescribed deadline.
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Source: Gazprom, August 3, 2011;