Kazakhstan starts construction of 420-km ethane and propane pipeline network

KazMunayGas (KMG) says construction has started in Kazakhstan's Atyrau region on trunk pipelines that will deliver ethane and propane from the Tengiz field to gas chemical plants in Karabatan. The project is being implemented by KMG PetroChem LLP, a KMG subsidiary.

Each pipeline will be about 210 kilometres long, and they will be the first ethane and propane trunk pipelines in Kazakhstan. The ethane pipeline will have a capacity of 1.6 million tons per year, and the propane pipeline 1.1 million tons per year. Kazakhstan earlier approved the first technical regulation in the CIS for trunk ethane and propane pipelines. Production of pipes for the propane pipeline has already begun.

Up to 1,300 jobs are planned at the peak of construction, with priority given to residents of the Atyrau region, and about 170 permanent jobs will be created during operation. The facilities are scheduled to be commissioned by the end of 2028.