LNG-Powered Freight Trucks of Russian Make to Transport Helium from Amur GPP

A working meeting between Alexey Miller, Chairman of the Gazprom Management Committee, and Sergey Chemezov, Director General of the state-owned Rostec Corporation, took place in Moscow.

The meeting participants reviewed the potential areas of cooperation between Gazprom and Rostec enterprises, including the transportation of liquid helium from the Amur Gas Processing Plant (GPP) for the purpose of exporting it via the Logistics Center in the Primorye Territory.

Sergey Kogogin, Chairman of Management Board of KAMAZ, Andrey Dmitriev, Director General of Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo, and Lyubov Brish, Director General of Gazprom Gazenergoset Geliy, sign Cooperation Agreement in presence of Sergey Chemezov and Alexey Miller

According to the document, Gazprom Gazenergoset Geliy (the company authorized to implement the Helium Tank Logistics Center investment project) plans to purchase gas-powered vehicles to transport liquid helium. To that end, freight trucks powered by liquefied natural gas (LNG) will be used. Batch production of these trucks will be carried out at the facilities of KAMAZ. The infrastructure for producing LNG and refueling these trucks will be set up by Gazprom Gazomotornoye Toplivo.

As a follow-up to the Agreement, Gazprom Gazenergoset Geliy and KAMAZ signed an Action Plan (roadmap). The first 18 LNG-powered trucks that will transport helium in special thermally-insulated containers are expected to be delivered in 2021.

Sergey Kogogin, Chairman of Management Board of KAMAZ, and Lyubov Brish, Director General of Gazprom Gazenergoset Geliy, sign Action Plan (roadmap) in presence of Sergey Chemezov and Alexey Miller