Petrochemical production is expected to increase in 2020. By the end of 2019, the volume of production of large-capacity polymers amounted to 5.3 million tons, and by 2025, it should reach 11.1 million tons. Their exports should reach 600,000 tons by 2020, and increase to 4.4 million tons in five years. The share of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) processing will increase to 8.2% by 2025 from 4.6% in 2019, and naphtha processing (a substance obtained during oil distillation) will increase from 5.6% to 7.2%.
The Russian government has developed a roadmap for the development of the petrochemical industry to increase polymer production until 2025. The corresponding order of the Government says that 8 biggest potential petrochemical projects can provide commissioning of more than 8 million ton capacity of polyethylene and propylene production (increase in current capacity by 2.3 times) whose export potential is more than $ 5 billion per year, and potential total revenues are more than $ 10 billion a year. 
Among the announced new projects are ZapSibNeftekhim LLC, Amur Gas Chemical Complex (petrochemical plants of SIBUR Group), Novourengoy petrochemical complex LLC, Vostochnaya Petrochemical Company JSC, Angarsk Polymer Plant JSC (part of Rosneft), Ust-Kutsky GPP LLC (part of Irkutsk Oil Company LLC), and Caspian GKH (a project of LUKOIL PJSC).), Gazprom Neftekhim Salavat LLC.
In addition, the largest project of Gazprom gas chemical complex in Ust-Luga on the Baltic sea coast should produce 13.3 million tons of liquefied natural gas ( LNG), 2.2 million tons of LPG, 3.6 million tons of ethane and 19 billion cubic meters of dry gas. The company is also building the Amur Gas Processing Plant, which according to preliminary estimates will be the second largest natural gas processing facility (42 billion cubic meters per year) and the world's largest helium production facility (up to 60 million cubic meters per year).
Due to its geographical location, the Eastern regions of Russia and the countries of the Asia-Pacific region (APR) will become the market for the products of this production, as well as the Amur Gas Chemical Complex of SIBUR and some other enterprises.
Until 2024, PJSC LUKOIL is going to launch the production of polypropylene with a capacity of 500 thousand tons per year and styrene up to 300 thousand tons per year on the basis of an oil refinery in Nizhny Novgorod. The company is also considering the possibility of establishing a petrochemical complex at the Perm refinery.
According to preliminary sources, there is information about a possible partnership with Gazprom Neft in the construction of a gas chemical complex off the coast of the Ob Bay, for production of methanol, ethane and LPG. Deputy Prime Minister and presidential envoy to the far Eastern Federal district Yuri Trutnev reported last fall that LUKOIL is ready to invest 610 billion rubles in construction.
The potential for the development of oil and gas chemistry is estimated not only by the state, but also by private oil companies.
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