AZERBAIJAN: SOCAR Polymer plant launches test production of polypropylene

The first cargo of polypropylene was produced for testing purposes at the SOCAR Polymer, a polymer plant of Azerbaijan’s state oil company SOCAR, in Sumgait city on 27 Feb. 2018, SOCAR said in a message 28 Feb. 2018.

The test production process took place with the participation of SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev. As part of the working visit, Abdullayev visited facilities of the Azerikimya Production Union, a carbamide plant, and the SOCAR Polymer plant.

The polypropylene plant as part of the SOCAR Polymer project will be launched in the second quarter of this year, and the polyethylene plant will be launched in the fourth quarter of this year.

The SOCAR Polymer project is carried out in Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park.

At the first stage, production capacity of SOCAR Polymer will total 120,000 t/y of polyethylene and 180,000 t/y of polypropylene. The total capacity may reach 570,000 t/y by 2021.

Source: Daily “AzerNews”, Baku; 28 Feb 2018
(Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)