# SOCAR Polymer plant construction 70% complete in Azerbaijan

SOCAR Polymer's polypropylene and polyethylene plant in Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, Azerbaijan, is 70% complete for the polypropylene unit and 26% for the polyethylene unit, with total project cost of $750 million.

- Type: Investment
- Announced: 2017-05-01
- Where: Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, Azerbaijan, Azerbaijan
- Value: $750.0M
- Starts operating: Q1 2018
- Status: under construction
- Capacity: 120,000 tons of polyethylene and 180,000 tons of polypropylene per year (first stage); up to 570,000 tons total by 2021
- Products: polypropylene, polyethylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [SOCAR-Polymer](https://endata.com/companies/19564.md)

## Sources

- [bakuenergyforum.az](https://bakuenergyforum.az/en/news/polypropylene-unit-construction-completed-by-70-in-azerbaijan-4928), 2017-05-01: "A polypropylene unit of Azerbaijan’s SOCAR Polymer plant for the production of polypropylene and polyethylene has been constructed by 70 percent, SOCAR Polymer financial director Fuad Ahmadov said."

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