SOCAR和BP将在土耳其启动新的石化项目

据阿塞拜疆新闻7月24日消息称，据当地媒体7月22日报道，土耳其竞争委员会已批准SOCAR和英国石油公司成立一家石化行业的合资企业。

此前有报道称，SOCAR和BP已向土耳其相关机构申请在2020年4月成立一家联合石化公司，名为水星综合设施。

回想一下，2018年12月20日，SOCAR和BP签署了合同原则，以评估在土耳其建立一个世界级的石化综合设施并建立合资企业以管理该综合设施的计划。

新的石化综合设施的建设预计将使土耳其每年能够弥补60亿美元的经常账户赤字。

此外，该项目将使SOCAR在土耳其石化市场的份额提高到35- 40%。

该综合设施的建设计划在本年度开始，以便在2023-2025年投入运营。但是，由于低油价和COVID-19大流行，项目的实施推迟到2021年。

水星综合设施将建在佩金石化厂和阿利亚加地区的STAR炼油厂附近。该企业将生产125万吨纯对苯二甲酸（PTA）、84万吨对二甲苯（PX）、34万吨苯。

PTA是聚酯生产中的主要原料，可由其衍生出饮料和食品容器、包装材料、照片和胶片以及其他消费品和工业产品。

曹海斌 摘译自 阿塞拜疆新闻

原文如下：

SOCAR, BP to start new petrochemical project in Turkey

The Turkish Competition Council has given permission to SOCAR and BP to establish a joint venture that will operate in the petrochemical sector, local media reported on July 22.

Earlier it was reported that SOCAR and BP applied to the relevant institutions in Turkey to establish a joint petrochemical company, which will be called Mercury complex, in April 2020.

Recall that on December 20, 2018 SOCAR and BP signed contractual principles for evaluation of plans for creation a world-class petrochemical complex in Turkey and establishment of a joint venture to manage it.

The construction of the new petrochemical complex is expected to enable Turkey to cover the current account deficit by $6 billion annually.

Moreover, the project will increase the share of SOCAR in petrochemical market of Turkey to 35-40 percent.

Construction of the complex was planned to begin during the current year in order to put the enterprise into operation in 2023-2025. However, due to low oil prices and to the COVID-19 pandemic, the project implementation has been postponed until 2021.

The Mercury complex will be built near the Petkim petrochemical complex and the STAR refinery in Aliaga region. The enterprise will produce 1.25 million tons of purified terephthalic acid (PTA), 840 thousand tons of paraxylene (PX), 340 thousand tons of benzene.

PTA is the main raw material in the production of polyester from which beverage and food containers, packaging materials, photo and film and other consumer and industrial goods are derived.