# OQ starts up polyethylene unit at Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex in Oman

OQ (formerly Oman Oil and Orpic Group) successfully initiated operations of the polyethylene unit at its Liwa Plastics Industrial Complex in Sohar, producing the first LLDPE sample in Oman.

- Type: Expansion
- Announced: 2020-05-23
- Where: Sohar, Oman
- Value: $900.0M
- Starts operating: 23 May 2020
- Status: completed
- Capacity: 880,000 tonnes per year of HDPE and LLDPE
- Products: linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE)
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [OQ](https://endata.com/companies/47269.md)
- [Maire Tecnimont](https://endata.com/companies/8164.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [gccbusinessnews.com](https://www.gccbusinessnews.com/oman-to-become-one-of-the-leading-global-polyethylene-producers/), 2020-05-24: "Liwa Plastics Industries Complex... announced the commencement of the first base resin sample of Linear Low-Density Polyethylene (LLDPE), now being produced for the first time in Oman."

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