# SOCAR Polymer to reach full HDPE capacity by 2023

SOCAR Polymer LLC, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan's state oil company, will reach full capacity in high density polyethylene production by 2023, with planned output of 120,000 tons. The company also operates a polypropylene plant with design capacity of 184,000 tons per year.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2019-11-08
- Where: Azerbaijan
- Value: $816.0M
- Starts operating: 2023
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 120,000 tons per year of HDPE; 184,000 tons per year of polypropylene
- Products: high density polyethylene, polypropylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [SOCAR-Polymer](https://endata.com/companies/19564.md)
- [SOCAR](https://endata.com/companies/7439.md) (investor)

## Sources

- [azernews.az](https://www.azernews.az/oil_and_gas/158254.html), 2019-11-08: "The SOCAR Polymer LLC, a subsidiary of Azerbaijan's state oil company, will reach full capacity in the production of high density polyethylene in 2023."

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