Total volume of “Belorusneft” associated gas is processed at Belarusian Gas Processing Plant (BGPZ). Its full capacity makes up 500 million cubic meters of gas per year.
Due to geographic location of the plant and extensive railway and road network it can deliver products to any part of the Republic of Belarus, CIS and non-CIS states.
Since the associated petroleum gas capacity was decreased to 200 mln m3 the imported raw stock – so called broad fraction of light hydrocarbons (BFLH) – has been processed at BGPZ providing full operating rate of the plant. Planned volumes of its processing will be 247 thousand tons per year in 2011.
Product line
BGPZ products are certified according to MS ISO 9001-2008 quality management system and include:
– liquefied petroleum gases used as fuel for utility sector and industrial purposes, as petrol for motor vehicles;
– stable natural gasoline used as a raw material organic solvent for petroleum industry to compound motor petrol;
– residue gas used as fuel for domestic needs and the outsourced heating and power plant located in Svetlogorsk;
– hydrocarbon propellants used as energy products in aerosol compositions (household chemicals, cosmetics and perfumes);
– electric energy generated by the electric mains of the plant and the country electric system.
Manufacture reconstruction and modernization
BGPZ is consistent in its activities aimed at reconstruction and modernization of manufacturing facilities so that the plant can process up to 340 thousand tons of outsourced BFLH per year. New commodity base No.2 is being built to ensure continuous work of the gas processing plant and to provide raw material stock under conditions of primary production maximum load.
Reconstruction of the gas compression plant with complete replacement of technologic and compressor equipment with up-to-date motor-driven piston compressors was planned within the framework of the production re-equipment program. To provide effective use of heat energy generated during operation of power generating units the heating and power plant is planned to be operated in 3-regeneration mode. This will enable to use power energy for the recovery of cold, which will be used in gas treatment process at BGPZ.
Belarusian Gaz Processing Plant is the developing enterprise producing energy sources from hydrocarbon materials and is equipped with modern equipment in conformity with up-to-date technological development and safety operation requirements. Environment protection control system of the plant has ISO 14000 certificate.
Unified energy service of the plant
In November 2006 a new heating and power plant with the electric capacity of 21 mW and heat capacity of 19 Gcal/h was commissioned by “Belorusneft”. The generated energy fully satisfies the needs of BGPZ and its workshop for processing and delivery of oil of Oil and Gas Production Department “Rechitsaneft”. To reduce oil production and processing costs it is planned to put into operation gas turbine unit “Ostashkovichi” with the total electric capacity of 6 mW, heat capacity of 5,8 Gcal/h.
The heating and power plant, gas turbine unit “Ostashkovichi” and other distributed power generation units of the Enterprise should be considered part of the integrated energy supply system. For the purpose of troubleshooting efficiency and emergency situations elimination, electrical equipment cost saving and optimization of employees number at the Enterprise the unified energy service of “Belorusneft” was established on the base of “Promservice” department (Rechitsa). The unified energy service includes three electric shops providing service of power facilities of the Enterprise. The service employs highly qualified specialists.
