page_15Tomskneftekhim (part of SIBUR Holding) December 23 fully restored the production of polyethylene, stopped on Thursday, December 22, after the accident at the power grids, according to TASS.

“The second line launched today at 8:36 am (4:36 MSK)”, – explained in the press-service, noting that the company is operating normally.

December 22 at 08:35 (4:35 MSK) due to an accident in power at the plant two lines for the production of polyethylene have been suspended. The first line was launched on Thursday.

Earlier in Tomsk Distribution Company said that in the morning there was a short circuit in the power lines due to abnormal frosts. After that, according to the “Tomsk generation”, as a result of activation of protective systems shut down one of the four turbine generators on the GRES-2 station. At present, work station is restored. Blackouts were not from the heat and electricity.

In the Ministry of Energy reported that the cause of the incident on the networks began to break ground wire in the span of supports, which fell on the contact network of the railway. After the incident on Tomskneftekhim load shedding was observed, there was a high density polyethylene production stop.

Ltd. “Tomskneftekhim” – subsidiary of SIBUR and one of the largest Russian producers of polymers – polypropylene and low density polyethylene (LDPE). Now the annual capacity for the production of high density polyethylene is 270 thousand tons, the production of polypropylene -. 140 thousand tons of ethylene -. 300 thousand tons..