Gazprom Neft, the anchor resident of the special economic zone, has launched a large-scale investment project to create a modern graphite electrode plant.
It should be noted that on December 29, 2020, Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin signed a decree on the creation of a special economic zone of the Avangard industrial type in Omsk. The special economic zone is endowed with a special legal status for a period of 49 years. SEZ participants will receive preferential terms — reduced income tax and transport tax rates.
As you know, the design capacity of the plant will be 30 thousand tons per year. The raw material for the production of graphitized electrodes will be petroleum needle coke, which will be produced at the ONPZ. Gazprom Neft's subsidiary, Gazpromneft — Bitumen Materials, will become the operator of the future electrode plant.
After the modernization of the complex, Omsk Refinery will become Russia's first producer of needle coke. This will ensure the import independence of the Russian metallurgy.
"We are starting the implementation of a unique project for the entire domestic industrial complex. High-tech production of modern Russian electrodes will reduce the share of foreign products in the domestic market. Thanks to the implementation of the Omsk Refinery's large-scale modernization program, we are creating a new business line and ensuring the production of high-margin products, further increasing the efficiency of the value chain and diversifying the company's business," said Anatoly Chercher, Gazprom Neft's Deputy General Director for Logistics, Refining and Sales.
It should be recalled that since June 2020, the project has been accompanied by specialists from the Omsk Region Development and Investment Agency. By contacting the Agency, an entrepreneur receives all services on a one-stop-shop basis. The specialists will help organize negotiations with departments and government agencies on the preparation of the necessary documentation and legal framework for the investment project, provide information on measures of state support for entrepreneurship and tax preferences in the Omsk region.
Consultations on investment project support can be obtained by phone: +7(3812)40-80-49.