Public joint-stock company Ukrtransgaz on September 20 accepted an offer of state-owned enterprise (SOE) Zorya-Mashproekt after a tender for reconstruction of the Yahotyn compressor station, the gas company's press service has reported.

"The tender committee accepted the offer of Zorya-Mashproekt with the cost of UAH 2.248 billion," Ukrtransgaz said.

Three companies submitted bids to participate in the tender of Ukrtransgaz to reconstruct the compressor station with the expected cost of up to UAH 2.466 billion: public joint-stock company Sumy Machine-Building Science and Production Association (Sumy NPO), Zorya-Mashproekt and private joint-stock company Interbudmontazh Construction Association.

Under the project, it is planned to build a new compressor workshop at the Yahotyn compressor station by 2021, consisting of four gas compressor units driven by 14-16 MW gas turbine engines and the required engineering infrastructure. The use of modern units with high environmental performance and efficiency indicators will allow transportation of natural gas in volumes of about 50 million cubic meters per day, or 16.5 billion cubic meters per year.

The winner of the tender is to ensure design works, supply equipment, conduct construction and assembly works and jointly with the customer launch the facility.

Ukrtransgaz said that the application of the Engineering, Procurement, Construction (EPC) contract would allow not getting attached to one manufacturer at the tender stage and expand competition. One of the main additional evaluation criteria is the efficiency of equipment in the bids. This parameter characterizes the level of fuel gas costs at the modernized Yahotyn compressor station

Ukrtransgaz, wholly owned by NJSC Naftogaz Ukrainy, operates the system of trunk gas pipelines and 12 underground gas storage facilities of the country.