# Turkmenistan to build isobutane unit at Kiyanly polymer plant

Turkmenistan's President signed a resolution to construct an isobutane production unit at the existing Kiyanly polymer plant in Balkan velayat. The project is worth $3.4 billion and is implemented with UNIDO.

- Type: New facility
- Announced: 2022-05-10
- Where: Kiyanly, Balkan velayat, Turkmenistan
- Value: $3.40B
- Status: announced
- Products: isobutane, polypropylene, polyethylene
- Sectors: [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md), [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md)

## Companies

- [Turkmengas State Concern](https://endata.com/companies/62787.md)
- [Hyundai Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/1884.md) (partner)
- [Toyo Engineering](https://endata.com/companies/8024.md) (partner)
- [LG International](https://endata.com/companies/34941.md) (partner)
- [Gap Inshaat](https://endata.com/companies/62788.md) (partner)

## Sources

- [turkmenistan.gov.tm](https://www.turkmenistan.gov.tm/index.php/en/post/63044/plant-kiyanly-will-produce-isobutane), 2022-05-10: "The construction of an isobutane production unit at the polymer plant in Kiyanly is envisaged by the Resolution signed by President Serdar Berdimuhamedov."

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