You are currently here: News » Industry » IRAN: NPC constructing propylene facility to feed ...
Section: General
  • Written on 02.07.2014 - Industry
  • You have these options:
    • Print this article
    • Article as PDF

IRAN: NPC constructing propylene facility to feed downstream PC production

Iran’s National Petrochemical Co. (NPC) is building a 450,000-t/y propylene plant that is intended to provide additional raw materials for the petrochemical industry, according to local press reports.

The Salman-e-Farsi complex is being established in Iran’s Mahshahr Petrochemical Special Economic Zone and is scheduled to begin production by March 2017.

Bandar Imam Petrochemical Co. will supply about 560,000 t/y of propane feedstock to the complex.

Abbas Sheri Moqaddam, Deputy Petroleum Minister for Petrochemical Affairs, noted that Iran has the capacity to produce 60-million t/y of petrochemicals, but an average of only 68 % of this capacity is utilized for a variety of reasons, including the lack of feedstock.

Source: Weekly "PetroChemical News", Durham, NC, USA; 30 June 2014
(Syed Rashid Ali, Karachi, Pakistan)


RSS Feed

Are you new here? Do you want to be always up to date?
Then subscribe to our RSS Feeds and never miss a news again.