Vitebskoblgaz has mastered the production of nutrient soils based on peat

January 17, Minsk / Anna Kot - BELTA /. RUP "Vitebskoblgaz" has mastered the production of nutrient soils based on peat. Vladimir Kiselev, Deputy General Director of the State Production Association "Beltopgaz", informed a BELTA correspondent about this in an interview. The production of the new product became possible thanks to the construction of a workshop for the production of nutrient soils and the baling of high-moor peat at the Vitebsk enterprise of the State Production Association "Beltopgaz". The facility is located in the settlement of Krolevshchizna, Dokshitsky district. The creation of new production at UP "Vitebskoblgaz" is being carried out in accordance with the plan-schedule for the implementation of the project, developed and approved in May 2010. By the end of last year, commissioning work was completed at the facility, and a trial batch of peat products in the amount of 12 tons was produced. The production is planned to reach its design capacity of 38 thousand tons per year in the first quarter of 2011. In addition, within the framework of the State Comprehensive Program for the Development of Regions, Small and Medium-Sized Urban Settlements for 2007-2010, organizations that are part of the State Production Association "Beltopgaz" have implemented two investment projects. RUP "Gomeloblgaz" has supplied gas to individual residential houses in the city of Khoyniki, and OAO "Novogrudok Gas Equipment Plant" has organized the production of automotive and domestic gas cylinders. Br24.2 billion was allocated for the implementation of the projects. The State Production Association "Beltopgaz" is a unified independent management structure with a closed production cycle. The association has a developed network of gas supply, peat extraction and peat processing enterprises, design, research and construction organizations, enterprises and workshops for the production of gas equipment, means of mechanization and automation of production processes, necessary technological equipment and spare parts for them. Four production complexes have been formed within the State Production Association "Beltopgaz": gas, peat extraction and processing, construction, scientific and technical support. Within their framework, enterprises and organizations with a total staff of over 30,000 people operate. *** The full text of the interview will be released on the news feed and posted on the BELTA website. -0-