Sabalan Petrochem Company to Double Methanol Production

Sabalan Petrochemical Company in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, a subsidiary of Sepehr Energy Holding Company, produced 700,000 tons of grade AA methanol in the last Iranian year (March 2022-23), and programs are underway to double the figure this year, the managing director of Sepehr Company said.
“According to the plans and with the help of the National Petrochemical Company in providing the feedstock needed by Sabalan, we intend to increase the production of methanol to about 1.4 million tons this year,” the Oil Ministry’s news service Shana also quoted Ali Yari as saying.
Grade AA purity is 99.85% methanol by weight and contains trace amounts of ethanol as well. Methanol for chemical use normally corresponds to Grade AA. In addition to water, typical impurities include acetone and ethanol (which are very difficult to separate by distillation).