Overall production by Turkish petrochemical producer Petkim reached 1.638 million mt over the first half of 2016, up 6.4% on the year, the company reported late Thursday.
Total product sales over the same period were reported as 935,700 mt, up 14.4%.
Capacity usage at Petkim's sole production facility at Aliaga was 94.02% up from 86.85% over the first half of 2015.
The plant has a total production capacity of 3.6 million mt/year, the company said.
No other production or sales data was released.
Over the past month there have been a number of senior personnel changes at the former state petrochemical producer which is now majority owned by Azerbaijani state oil company Socar, with Turkey's state news agency Anatolia reporting as many as 231 staff arrested or alleged connections to the group blamed for the failed military coup in Turkey on July 15. Those reported as having been arrested include CEO Saadetin Korkut who was replaced by Anar Mammadov, formerly the CEO of Socar's Greek subsidiary and before that the CEO of Socar's Georgian subsidiary, deputy CEO Muhammet Altay Ozgur, corporate communications manager Memduh Taslicali, and the company's head of security retired colonel Serhat Ozmilli.
Petkim's parent company Socar Turkey has confirmed only 27 staff as having been removed and that production and operations at the company's Aliaga plant have not been affected.
Earlier this week Socar Turkey released a statement confirming a meeting last week between Turkey's Minister of Energy and National Resources Berat Albayrak, Socar President Rovnag Abdullayev, and the Chairman of the Board of both Socar Turkey and Petkim Vaqif Aliyev in which Albayrak stated that as one of the biggest foreign investors in Turkey, SOCAR's support during recent events and is continued trust in the Turkish economy were "vitally important."
According to shareholder information published by the Istanbul stock exchange (BIST) Petkim is 51.39% owned by Socar with 7.68% owned by Goldman Sachs International and 40.93% traded on the BIST.
