First foundation laid for Amur GPP
Background
The construction of the Amur GPP started in October 2015.
The investor and customer for the Amur GPP construction project is Gazprom Pererabotka Blagoveshchensk (part of the Gazprom Group). Construction management is carried out by NIPIGAZ (part of the SIBUR Group), Russia's leading center for design, supplies, logistics and construction management.
More than 1,500 design engineers, 1,000 equipment suppliers, and 500 contracting organizations are engaged in the project. With construction at its peak, the effort will involve over 20,000 people. When the plant opens, it will employ around 3,000 persons.
Works are underway to erect the infrastructure to be used during the plant's construction and operation: access roads, a wharf on the Zeya River, railway communications, and temporary buildings and structures, including a camp for construction workers.
As part of the project, a residential district for future employees will be built in Svobodny. It will accommodate 5,000 people and will include apartment houses, an outpatient clinic, a kindergarten, a school, and a sports center.