BAKU, Azerbaijan, August 26
By Jeila Aliyeva - Trend:
Turkmenistan increased the production of polypropylene by 40.5 percent, and polyethylene by 40 percent from January through July 2020, compared to the same period in 2019, Trend reports with reference to Nebit-Gas electronic newspaper.
The physical volume of manufactured polypropylene was 71,100 tons, and polyethylene equaled 137,400 tons.
This growth in production was due to The Kiyanly Gas Chemical Complex in Turkmenistan’s Balkan region, the construction of which was carried out under a contract of Turkmenistan’s Turkmengas State Concern with a consortium of companies like Hyundai Engineering Go.Ltd, LG International Corp (Republic of Korea) and Toyo Engineering Corp (Japan).
Turkmenistan has exceeded expectations of oil and gas condensate production from January through July 2020
The plan of oil and gas condensate production was exceeded by 2.4 percent, natural and associated gas - by 1.6 percent, gas exports – by 0.4 percent, oil refining – by 3.7 percent, gasoline production – by 2.3 percent, and diesel fuel production – by 6.9 percent.
The decision was made about the construction of new plants for processing raw materials, as well as modernize existing ones in Turkmenistan.
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