KALUSH CHEMICAL COMBINE, USSR

• Document Type: CREST
• Collection: NGA Records (Formerly NIMA)
• Document Number (FOIA) /ESDN (CREST): CIA-RDP78B07179A000100460001-8
• Release Decision: RIPPUB
• Original Classification: S
• Document Page Count: 14
• Document Creation Date: December 28, 2016
• Document Release Date: March 11, 2010
• Sequence Number: 1
• Publication Date: August 1, 1978
• Content Type: REPORT

Foreign
Assessment
Kalush Chemical Combine,
USSR
Secret
Basic Imagery Interpretation Report
IS 78-10150, RCS-13N011/78
August 1978
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UTM COORDINATES GEOGRAPHIC COORDINATES
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(SECRET/Authorized for Release to NATO Forces/Warning--Sensitive Intelligence
Sources and Methods Involved)
LATEST IMAGERY USED NEGATION DATE (If required)
The Kalush Chemical Combine produces solvents, an intermediate chemical
monomer for resins production, a possible polymer resin, and several unidentified
intermediate or final chemical products. Specific identified products of the
combine include chlorine, caustic soda, and the solvents carbon tetrachloride,
perchloroethylene, and hydrochloric acid. Vinyl chloride monomer, which is
possibly polymerized to polyvinyl chloride, is also produced. One facility in
the combine might produce polyacrylamide and another might fabricate titanium
metal.
The combine was under construction when it was first observed in 1963.
By 1965, a possible chlorine and caustic soda plant had been completed and
construction had started on an unidentified plant and on what could be
a titanium fabrication plant. Construction on these plants was completed
in 1970 and 1969 respectively. The combine has continued to expand since that
time. During the 1971-75 Five-Year Plan, a chlorine and caustic soda
plant, a vinyl chloride monomer plant, a possible polyvinyl chloride plant,
and an unidentified plant were constructed. Construction also began on
three other unidentified plants. Several production plants that were begun
prior to 1971 were also completed during the five-year period. These
include a solvents plant, a chlorine and caustic soda plant, and what
could be a polyacrylamide plant. In late 1977, construction was continuing
on the three unidentified plants and construction had begun on another
unidentified plant.
This report includes a general discussion of the combine and a table
listing its production areas. The table also provides the volumes of
the major production buildings and the chronology of their construction.
The table is keyed to a photograph of the combine.
The information and judgments presented in this publication were
derived principally from analysis of imagery. Although information from
other sources has been included, this publication does not reflect an
all-source assessment and has not been formally coordinated within CIA.
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IS 78-10150
RCS-13/0011/78
August 1978
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The Kalush Chemical Combine is about 6 kilometers (km) northwest of
Kalush and about 450 km southwest of Kiev in the Southwest Economic
Region (Figure 1). The combine is served by rail and road and is
partially secured by a wall. It receives steam and electric power from
the Kalush Heat and Thermal Power Plant TETS located adjacent to the
combine. Natural gas for carbon tetrachloride production is probably
piped in from the Dolina gas fields and ethylene for vinyl chloride
monomer production is reportedly piped in from the Tiszapalkonya Chemical
Combine in Hungary. 1/ Salt for chlorine and caustic soda production
probably comes from local deposits. The combine's processing areas
occupy about 100 hectares; its associated storage, support, and shipping
areas occupy about 140 hectares.
The Kalush Potassium and Metallurgical Combine, located 3 km south
of the chemical combine, may receive polyacrylamide from the chemical
combine for use as a mineral flocculant in ore segregation. It may also
receive chlorine for titanium metal production. The metallurgical
combine may send titanium metal to the chemical combine for fabrication.
Press reports suggest that the Kazinebarcika Chemical Combine, Hungary,
located about 300 km southwest, is scheduled to receive some of the
vinyl chloride monomer from the combine for polyvinyl chloride
production. 2/
Products
The Kalush Chemical Combine produces solvents, an intermediate
monomer chemical for resins production, and a possible polymer resin.
Collateral data reports the combine is also producing polyacrylamide (a
thickening and suspending agent) and fabricating equipment using titanium
metal. The combine could also be fabricating chemical processing
columns. 3,4/ The chemicals which most likely are shipped from the
combine include carbon tetrachloride, perchloroethylene, and -- if it is
produced at the combine -- polyvinyl chloride. Chemicals partially
consumed within the combine in the production of other products include
chlorine, caustic soda, hydrochloric acid, and vinyl chloride monomer.
The combine also produces several unidentified intermediate or finished
chemicals.
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