98% of Catalysts Used in Oil Industry Indigenized

In terms of weight, 98% of the catalysts used in the oil industry are produced by Iranian manufacturers, managing director of Petrochemical Research and Technology Company said.
Pointing out that 99 catalysts, activators and adsorbents are used in the oil industry, Majid Daftari said: “85 ones of these items are being produced by local companies, and the remaining 14 ones either have a very small amount of consumption in the country or their production is not economically justifiable,” he was quoted as saying by the Oil Ministry news service Shana.
About 37,000 tons of catalysts are consumed in the oil industry of Iran annually and considering the rising demand, the PRTC provides all its facilities for knowledge-based companies and researchers to help increase the output of the strategic items, he added.