MOSCOW (MRC) -- The construction of a polypropylene plant in Azerbaijan’s Sumgait city will be completed in the second quarter of 2018, reported Vestnik Kavkaza with reference to head of SOCAR Polymer company’s planning department Vugar Aslanov.
"The work has been completed by 97.2%. The detailed engineering work has been completed by 99.9%, production and delivery - by 99.6%, while construction work - by 93.4%," he said at the conference on expansion of production of import-substituting products in industry by using local raw materials in Baku.
According to Aslanov, this year 70,000-71,000 tons of polyethylene are planned to be produced at the plant. The plant will reach the full production capacity of 180,000 tons next year.
"We intend to launch test work in April, while production will begin in June 2018," abc.az cited him as saying.
As MRC informed before, in October 2015, State Oil Co. of Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR) subsidiary Azerikimya Production Union (PU) has entered two units into operation at its ethylene and polyethylene (PE) plant in Sumgait, north of Baku.
SOCAR, which is keen on expanding operations in the retail oil products market abroad, is involved in exploring oil and gas fields, producing, processing, and transporting oil, gas, and gas condensate, marketing petroleum and petrochemical products in the domestic and international markets, and supplying natural gas to industry and the public in Azerbaijan.
SOCAR Polymer is a subsidiary of the State Oil Company of the Azerbaijan Republic (SOCAR). The entity was formed at the end of 2013 to run investments at the Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, a production park which intends to become a chemical hub in central Asia.
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