Self-Sufficiency in Benzene Production

Bu Ali Sina Petrochemical Company in Khuzestan Province produced 610,000 tons of benzene in the last Persian calendar year (March 2020-2021) up 8% compared to the previous year, the commercial manager said.
“The increase has made Iran self-reliant in benzene and ended the need to import this chemical used in the produce detergents and hygiene products,” the Oil Ministry news agency Shana quoted Ardalan Sedaqatzadeh as saying.
As the coronavirus spreads death and destruction across the globe with the worst still to come, the need for detergents has increased by leaps and bounds, the manager added.