Sabalan Petrochemical Company Using Indigenized Catalysts

Sabalan Petrochemical Company in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, has started using domestic methanol catalyst in the company's synthesis reactors, the managing director of the company said. 
“Previously, the catalyst was imported from the Danish company Topsoe,” Reza Karimi added, noting that the company could not import this catalyst due to the US sanctions and “as our approach is to support local manufacturers and knowledge-based companies, the company is now using the item produced for the first time inside the country by Sarv Oil and Gas Company,” he was also quoted as saying by Naftema website.
The US announced fresh economic sanctions on Iran in August 2018 to target key industrial sectors. In the May of that year, the US quit the landmark 2015 nuclear deal Iran had signed with six world powers and in November imposed a second round of sanctions against its key economic sectors.