State Company For Petrochemical Industries

The Basrah petrochemical complex ( pc-1 ) was the first petrochemical facility built in Iraq in 1977 and is still the only complete petrochemical producing facility in Iraq . The complex consists of six major plants, Ethylene, Caustic/Chlorine, Vinyle Chlorine Monomer ( VCM), PVC plant, Low Density polyethylene, and High Density Polyethylene plant.

SCPI is in the business of manufacturing high quality High density polyethylene, Low density polyethylene, Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), Polyethylene Master Batch (colored and black), Polyvinyl chloride Compounding, Agricultural film, and other chemical products.

LDPE is marketed under the brand name SCPILENE.
HDPE is marketed under the brand name SCPILEX.
PVC is marketed under the brand name SCPINYL.

Different grades of above products are available to satisfy the requirements of most thermoplastic processing techniques including blown film extrusion, cast film extrusion, wire and cable coating, pipe extrusion, injection molding, blow molding, and rotational molding.

The company also produces additional chemical products:

  • Hydrochloric acid (HCl).
  • Sodium hypochlorite (NaOCl).
  • Caustic soda.
  Plant Licensor Capacity / MtpY
1 ETHYLENE Lummus 132000
2 HIGH DENSITY POLYTHLENE Phillips 30000
3 LOW DENSITY POLYTHLENE Equistar 60000
4 VINLY CLORIDE MONOMER Stuffer 660000
5 POLY VINLY CLORIDE Stuffer 60000
6 LIQUID CLORINE/CAUSTIC Oxytch/Zarmba 42000/84000