Wintershall and Gazprom commission new processing train at Achimgaz

Wintershall and Gazprom have commissioned a new processing train at their Achimgaz joint venture in Western Siberia, allowing it to process up to 20mn cm/y of natural gas and condensate – twice as much as in the previous year. The joint venture plans to expand the four-train facility in the next four years with up to two additional processing trains. As well as extending the infrastructure, production was also raised 40% last year, up from 2.4bn cm of natural gas in 2013 to 3.4bn cm.