Technip Italy to participate in ethylene-polyethylene plant modernization in Azerbaijan

10-Mar-16

The AzeriKimya Production Union of the State Oil Company of Azerbaijan (SOCAR) has signed a contract with Technip Italy to conduct detailed designing and providing services to support supplies as part of the project for reconstruction of the ethylene-polyethylene plant in Sumgait. As part of the plan, processing installations will be modernized and the new ones will be constructed as part of the plant’s reconstruction. This will make it possible to increase the production facilities at Azerikimya, ensure the supply of raw materials to polyethylene and polypropylene production installations and to meet the demand in the country. It will also increase the country’s export potential, enhance the security of the technological process and the quality of raw materials and finished products, he added. The design and construction work will be carried out in stages until 2019.