# Sonatrach awards $1.5B polypropylene plant contract to HQC-PETROFAC in Arzew

Sonatrach, through its subsidiary Spa Polymers STEP, awarded a $1.5 billion engineering, procurement and construction contract to the HQC-PETROFAC consortium for a polypropylene complex in Arzew, Algeria. The plant will have a capacity of 550,000 tons per year.

- Type: Contract
- Announced: 2023-05-18
- Where: Arzew, Oran, Algeria, Algeria
- Value: $1.50B
- Jobs: 6,000
- Status: announced
- Capacity: 550,000 tons per year of polypropylene
- Products: polypropylene
- Sectors: [Plastics and Polymers](https://endata.com/sectors/plastics-polymers.md), [Specialty Chemicals](https://endata.com/sectors/specialty-chemicals.md)

## Companies

- [Sonatrach](https://endata.com/companies/2355.md)
- [Petrofac](https://endata.com/companies/1999.md) (supplier)
- [Sonatrach](https://endata.com/companies/2355.md) (customer)
- [China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Co Ltd](https://endata.com/companies/15830.md) (supplier)
- [HQC-PETROFAC](https://endata.com/companies/70358.md) (supplier)
- [STEP Polymers](https://endata.com/companies/70392.md) (customer)

## Sources

- [news.radioalgerie.dz](http://news.radioalgerie.dz/ar/node/26506), 2023-05-18: "تم منح العقد لصاحب أفضل عرض مقدم من طرف التجمع الدولي HQC-PETROFAC"
- [ogj.com](https://www.ogj.com/refining-processing/petrochemicals/article/14295171/sonatrach-lets-contract-for-greenfield-petrochemical-complex), 2023-06-14: "As part of the $1.5-billion contract signed June 11, Petrofac and partner China Huanqiu Contracting & Engineering Corp. will provide engineering, procurement, and construction (EPC) of the complex’s integrated propane dehydrogenation (PDH) and polypropylene production (PP) units."

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