Azerbaijan, Baku, Sept. 19 / Trend, E. Ismayilov /
The "Ethylene -Polyethylene" plant, which is now the main base enterprise of SOCAR's Azerkimya production association processed 198,000 tons of raw materials from January to August this year, head of the production association Mukhtar Babayev told Trend on Wednesday.
According to him, during this period, the production of the main products increased following a partial transition from liquid raw materials to gas. The use of the gas fractionobtained as a result of oil processing at the Heydar Aliyev refinery, as a raw material at the chemical enterprises is stipulated by high efficiency in the production of monomers for polyolefines.
"As around 46.9 percent of recycled raw materials went to light gasoline fraction and stable gasoline, 34.4 percent - butane-propane and 18.7 percent - stripped gas, the output of the main base product was 42.2 percent," he said.
For comparison: around 98 percent of recycled materials fell to light gasoline fraction and stable gasoline, while 37.3 percent - the share of the main base product in 2010.
The structure of the production association is as follows: Ethylene-Polythene plant, Organic Synthesis plant, mechanical repair plant, Kimyaelmitedgigatlayihe Institute, repair and construction management and management of transport and special equipment; storage facilities.