On November 3, SOCAR and UOP signed an agreement on construction of Heydar Aliyev Baku Oil Refinery. SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev, representatives of the company management, UOP Senior Vice President Pete Piotrowski and other officials attended the signing ceremony.

In his welcoming speech, SOCAR President Rovnag Abdullayev said reconstruction and modernization of the refinery was one of the important downstream projects carried out by the company. UOP became a licenser of refinery units for production of high-quality oil products. SOCAR and UOP before had a long-term cooperation for construction of refinery’s catalytic reforming plant. UOP participated in economic and technic assessment of Oil and Gas Processing and Petrochemical Complex, as well as construction of STAR refinery in Turkey. Pete Piotrowski said they were pleased with cooperation with SOCAR and thanked for choosing his company as a licenser. Earlier SOCAR signed refinery reconstruction agreement with Poerner and Axens companies.

About Socar

SOCAR is an integrated state oil & gas company of Republic of Azerbaijan and is involved in upstream, midstream and downstream operations encompassing exploration of oil and gas fields, production, processing and transporting oil, gas and condensate, marketing of petroleum and petrochemical products in domestic and international markets and supplying natural gas to domestic and industrial customers in Azerbaijan. SOCAR has its trading companies in Switzerland, Singapore and UAE and representative offices in a number of other countries.

About UOP

UOP LLC is a leading international supplier and licensor of process technology, catalysts, adsorbents, equipment, and consulting services to the petroleum refining, petrochemical, and gas processing industries. UOP is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Honeywell International Inc. and is part of Honeywell’s Performance Materials and Technologies strategic business group, which also includes Honeywell Process Solutions, a pioneer in automation control, instrumentation and services for the oil and gas, refining, petrochemical, chemical and other industries.

About Axens

Axens, an IFP Group affiliate, is an international provider of advanced technologies, catalysts, adsorbents and services, with a global reputation for basic engineering design excellence. The main scope of Axens' business is focused on the conversion of oil, coal, natural gas and biomass to clean fuels as well as production and purification of major petrochemical intermediates. Axens’ global offer is based on: highly trained human resources, modern production facilities and extensive commercial feedback from plants using our processes and catalysts all around the world.