Poland's  PKN  Orlen said Thursday it has signed an agreement with Basell Orlen Polyolefins to 

supply up to 100,000 mt of propylene a year. 

Propylene  will  be   supplied  from  the  company's  metathesis  unit,  which  is  currently  under 

construction at the Plock site and is slated for startup in the first half of 2018. 

The value of the deal is estimated at Zloty 350 million ($88.2 million). BOP, a 50:50 joint venture 

between  PKN  Orlen  and  Basell Europe Holdings, is Poland's only producer of polyolefins and 

the largest domestic producer of plastics. 

The  company  has  the capacity to produce 400,000 mt of polypropylene, 320,000 mt of HDPE 

and 100,000 mt of LDPE a year.