AVIATION QUALITY STANDARDS APPLIED FOR INDUSTRIAL AND POWER GENERATING PURPOSES

1992
First contract with GAZPROM, OJSC was signed, and development
of gas turbines for the new generation gas compressor plants started.

1993
First startup of gas generator of PS-90GP-1 industrial engine. Start of
GTU-2,5P gas turbine development for upgrading PAES-2500 and
EG-2500 mobile power plants by order of Gazprom Transgaz Yugorsk Ltd.

1994
Start of PS-90GP-1 engine testing on test bench No.284 (unit 9 on
Permskaya gas compressor station of Gazprom Transgaz Chaikovsky).
Commencement of development work of GTU-12P gas turbine with
12 MW capacity based on PS-90GP-1 engine.

1995
GPA-12R gas compressor unit based on GTU-12P gas turbine was
accepted for pilot operation based on the first article test results.
First startup of PS-90GP-2 engine. Start of GTU-2,5P and GTU-12P
gas turbines production at PMZ.
First retrofitting of PAES-2500 gas turbine power plant, and start of its
pilot operation.
Commencement of GTU-4P gas turbine development.

1996
First article test of GPA-12 Ural gas compressor plant (Permskaya
gas compressor station of Gazprom Transgaz Chaikovsky) and start
of its pilot operation.
Commencement of development work of 10 MW gas turbine.

1997
Yanus, the first Russian industrial power plant, was put into operation
on the site of Perm engine building complex companies.
First article test of GTU-4P gas turbine was successfully performed
using Yanus power plant.

1998
First article test of GTU-16P gas turbine as part of GPA-16 Ural gas
compressor plant.

1999
Based on the results of ten GTU-12P gas turbines' pilot operation on
Gazprom facilities in 1995-1998, the decision was taken to start serial
production of the gas turbines of this type.

2000
First GTU-6P gas turbine was tested. Ecological certificates for GTU-2,5P
and GTU-4P gas turbines were received.
First Russian Shigili gas turbine-driven cogeneration heat and power
(CHP) municipal plant based on Ural-4000 GTPP was put into operation
in Bashortostan.
An agreement was made between Aviadvigatel, PMZ and Pratt&Whitney
to develop an export version of GTU-16P gas turbine.

2001
For the first time in Russia, GTES-4 gas turbine power plants based on
GTU-4P gas turbines using associated petroleum gas as fuel were put
into operation at Surgutneftegaz Konitlorskoye oil and gas field.

2002
Agidel municipal gas turbine-driven CHP plant based on two Ural-4000
GTPP power units was put into operation in Bashkortostan.
Five GPA-12/16 gas compressor plants based on GTU-12P gas turbines
started operating as part of Blue Stream gas pipeline (Krasnodarskaya
gas compressor station of Gazprom Transgaz Kuban' Ltd).

2003
In February the total hours worked by thepopulation of GTU-2,5P and
GTU-4P engines in the field reached million hours.
The first two GTU-10P gas turbines, operating as part of PHG-10 gas
compressor plants, were put into operation on Karashurskoye underground
gas storage of Gazprom Transgaz Chaikovsky Ltd.

2004
Start of acceptance tests of the first GTU-25P gas turbine with 25 MW unit
capacity.
The first power unit of gas turbine-driven combined heat and power plant
based on the first GTES Ural-6000 gas turbine power plant was put into
operation in Ivanovo city.
Five gas turbine power plants based on PS-90PG-2 engines were put into
operation on Surgutneftegaz OJSC facilities. Aggregate capacity of the
facilities amounted to 156 MW.

2005
Population of gas turbines rated at 10, 12 and 16 MW, based on the gas
generator of PS-90A aviation engine cumulatively worked one million hours.

2006
The first production GTU-25P was manufactured and supplied to Gazprom
Transgaz Chaikovsky Ltd. A contract was concluded for supplying three
GTU-16P gas turbines for operation in Turkey.

2007
First article tests of GPA-25R-PS gas compressor plants of Ural series
based on PS-90GP-25 engine were successfully completed.
Myldzhinskaya booster station of Tomsk-Gazprom Ltd equipped with two
GTU-6PG gas turbines was put into operation.
Gas turbine-driven combined heat and power plant based on two Ural-6000
GTPPs was put into service at Silvinit OJSC, the largest mining complex in
Russia.
Aviadvigatel OJSC received ENCERTICO certificate confirming the industrial
safety of Perm-built gas turbine power generating equipment. Aviadvigatel
OJSC received permanent official Approval for Aplication of gas turbines and
GTPPs with 2.5...25 MW capacity at Hungarian territory.

2008
72 MW power plant commercial operation on Vat'-Yogan oil and gas field of
LUKOIL-Zapadnaya Sibir Ltd  commenced.
Delivery contract signed for two power units of CCGT power plant based on
two GTES-25P power plants for Petromax Power (Bulgaria).