Petrochemical Projects Worth $3 Billion Underway in Ilam

Petrochemical development projects worth $3 billion are underway in the western Ilam Province, managing director of the National Petrochemical Company said.
“The ongoing initiatives will help complete the value chain in the key sector, which is a top priority of NPC,” Morteza Shahmirzaei was also quoted as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana.
Giving a breakdown on the ventures, he said the first project pertains to Dehloran Petrochemical Complex that is being built on a 200-hectare plot at an estimated cost of $1 billion. 
The project has progressed by 40% and includes the construction of an ethylene unit with a capacity of 620,000 tons per year, a propylene unit with a yearly output of 140,000 tons and a pyrolysis gasoline unit with an annual production capacity of 37,000 tons.