Khimprom (Volgograd)

Khimprom (Russian: Волгоградское открытое акционерное общество «Химпром», formerly known as Plant 91) was a major producer of industrial and consumer chemical products based in Volgograd, Russia.

It was claimed that the plant manufactured 5 to 10 tons of binary nerve agent in 1991 as part of the Foliant research program, that was subsequently field tested at the Ust'yurt plateau, Uzbekistan.

[4] In the post-Soviet era, the plant manufactured phosphorus oxychloride, and a range of phosphorus- and fluorine-containing compounds.

[3] At the same time, projects were launched to restore the environmental damage caused by the plant during decades of chemical production.

[3] As of May 2018, the local government is in talks with the Japan-based Marubeni to build a modern methanol plant on the Khimprom site.