Sumgait, Azerbaijan, Apr. 13
By Huseyn Valiyev – Trend:
The synthetic motor oil production plant, which is being built on the territory of Azerbaijan’s Sumgait Chemical Industrial Park, will be commissioned in September 2017, Ariz Guliyev, chief engineer of Alco Lubricant company, told reporters on Apr. 13.
Guliyev added that the production capacity of the plant will annually reach 30,000 tons of various types of motor oils (synthetic, semi-synthetic and mineral) for all types of vehicles.
"The German and Italian natural gas liquefaction technologies will be used in the production of oils,” he said. “The products will compete with the ones produced by Mobil, Exxon, Shell, etc. and will be sold both in the country’s domestic market and will be exported abroad under the Azerbaijani brand."
Guliyev added that around $10 million was raised for the construction of the plant.