TURKEY —Petkim, a subsidiary of SOCAR, has awarded Technip Energies contracts covering technology licensing, process design and Front-End Engineering Design for a proposed integrated petrochemical complex in Aliağa, Türkiye. The scope includes a world-scale mixed-feed ethylene cracking unit and the Process Design Package for the wider development.
The planned steam cracker is designed for approximately 1,200 KTA of ethylene and 550 KTA of propylene production. The associated downstream facilities comprise an 850 KTA HDPE and LLDPE complex, structured as two 425 KTA trains, together with a 550 KTA polypropylene plant. These units are intended to operate as an integrated production system around the new cracker.
The contracts represent a technical development stage rather than confirmation that the full complex has reached construction. Technip Energies will carry out licensing, PDP and FEED activities before Petkim makes any Final Investment Decision. The work will establish the technical basis for the proposed facilities, including the integration of the principal olefin and polyolefin production units.
The proposed development has implications for Türkiye’s petrochemical manufacturing base because ethylene, propylene and polyolefins are key feedstocks for packaging, consumer products, automotive components and industrial applications. Expanding domestic production capacity could also affect regional supply chains that depend on these materials, although the ultimate scale and timing of the investment remain subject to the project’s subsequent decision process.
For engineering and technology suppliers, the award provides early-stage participation in a major petrochemical development while the project moves through design and investment evaluation. For Petkim and other industry stakeholders, the integrated configuration could provide a framework for linking cracker output with downstream polyethylene and polypropylene production. Technip Energies is an engineering and technology company focused on energy and chemical infrastructure, including process technologies and project delivery services.
