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Petrochemical production of Socar's Azerikimya is set to rise in the next two or three years and the demand for feedstock, including natural gas, will go up.

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Azerikimiya Uses More Gas Feedstock

The petrochemical production of Socar's Azerikimya Production Union is set to rise in the next two or three years and the demand for feedstock, including natural gas, will go up significantly.

The polymer and urea production units are projected to become operational in the next two to three years, the general manager of Azerkimiya, Mukhtar Babaev, told NGE.

Last year, above 368,000 metric tons of feedstock were delivered to the state-owned petchem units of Azerikimya including 195,400 mt of naphtha, 98,000 mt of LPG, 6,000 mt of dry gas (or about 96mn m3) and about 10,000 mt of butane, he said.

Babaev added that for now the ratio of liquid feedstock to gas is 53% to 47%, but in 2020, the ratio would be 32%-68%.

Azerkimiya’s feedstock needs (‘000 mt)

Feedstock

2016

2017

2018

2019

2020

Dry gas

64

70

75

64

80*

LPG

-

50

100

95

138

Butane

100

100

100

100

100

Naphtha

175

269

244

156

293

Total

339

489

519

415

611

Split between liquid-gas feedstock

 

 

47%-53%      

36%- 64%      

32% - 68%

                                                                           

 

80,000 mt of natural dry gas = 118mn m3