BIPC to Complete Chlorine Value Chain

Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, has completed studies to develop its polyvinyl chloride (PVC) unit by completing the chlorine value chain, managing director of the firm said.
“There is a yearly excess of 140,000 tons of ethylene dichloride (EDC) that is one of the important sources to produce vinylchloride monomer,” Sepahdar Ansari-Nik was also quoted as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news portal.
The company sold the surplus EDC in the past, but studies show that it can be converted to PVC, a more value-added commodity that can help raise the company’s export revenues, he added.
Ansari-Nik said the PVC development plan will double BIPC’s annual output at 200,000 tons.