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The fuel and energy sector forms the foundation of the Leningrad Region industrial base and is vitally important for the needs of the Northwest region. The share of fuel and energy products as a percentage of total production volume in the region is 39 percent. The fuel and energy sector of the Leningrad Region is a complex, highly developed system that produces, transports, and distributes fuel and energy. It includes the following parts:
The electric power sector:
The Leningrad atomic power plant (LAES) produces almost 60 percent of the power that the region needs. Since 1995, the plant has produced 16 to 21 million kWh of power per year.
OAO Lenenergo is the operating company. Its largest source of electric energy is the Kirishi Main Regional Power Plant.
Lenenergo is based on a 330-kV network, which links the main load units and carries electric power from the power plants. The 110-kW network and a part of the 220-kV network are the distributing networks. RAO EES Rossii owns the 330 kW through 750 kV networks, which carry the power from the Leningrad region atomic power plant and the Kirishi Main Regional Power Plant, connect the system to other power systems, and allow for power exports to Finland. Objects that belong to RAO EES Rossii are operated by Lenenergo.
The electric networks are 3,484 km long, and their power is 14,109 MBA.
THE OIL REFINING SECTOR:
The Kirishinefteorgsintez plant is one of the largest oil refineries in Russia. Its production capacities are loaded by almost 90 percent.
The shale industry:
The largest shale producing enterprise is OAO Leningradslanets. This plant also produces and sells limestone facing tile, anchor chains, spare parts for mining equipment, and other products.
The Slantsy Plant does shale processing. It produces shale oil, mastic, oil polymer resins, heat, and electric energy, and fires coke.
THE PEAT INDUSTRY:
There are 18 peat enterprises employing 2,500 people in the Leningrad Region. Their main products include cut fuel peat, cake fuel peat, peat for agriculture, peat pots, substrate peat bars, mini greenhouses, planting soil, plant foods, biohumus, and pressed nutritive soil.
The gas sector:
Natural gas is supplied from the United Gas Supply System of Russia. The gas supplying organization is LENTRANSGAZ, and the distributing organizations are OAO Lenoblgaz and OAAT Gatchingaz, which also provide for liquefied gas supplies. The gas distributing organizations include 13 inter-district enterprises, which have their own balance sheets. These enterprises have 42 production and technical facilities and 15 emergency and dispatching services. |
