PDH Plants in Mahshahr to Boost Propylene Output

The National Petrochemical Company has plans to develop the downstream industry, one of which is construction of propylene from propane units (known as propane dehydrogenation or PDH units) in two plants in Mahshar, Khuzestan Province, managing director of the company said.
In a tour of the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone (Petzone) in the southwestern city, Behzad Mohammadi said: “Propylene is one of the important products in the petrochemical industry. Salman Farsi and Hirsa Polymer Sahand plants are the first of their kind in that will increase production of this costly product,” the Oil Ministry news agency Shana quoted him as saying.
PDH is used to produce polymer-grade propylene from propane independent of a steam cracker or fluid catalytic cracking unit.