Bu-Ali Sina, Arvand Plants to Increase Paraxylene, PVC Output

Bu-Ali Sina and Arvand petrochemical companies in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, are moving ahead with projects to raise their production capacity.
The former is building a paraxylene production unit, the National Petrochemical Company’s news website Nipna reported.
Paraxylene is an aromatic hydrocarbon, widely used as feedstock to produce industrial chemicals. It is a raw material used in the production of polymers and terephthalic acid for polyesters such as polyethylene terephthalate (generally known as PET). 
Paraxylene is produced by catalytic reforming of petroleum naphtha. The output of Bu-Ali will be used as feedstock in Shahid Tondgouyan Petrochemical Plant to produce PET.