Iran to Become Major Polypropylene Producer

Twelve propane dehydrogenation (PDH) plants are in different stages of construction and when they become operational, Iran will turn into a major producer of polypropylene, managing director of the National Petrochemical Company said.
According to Morteza Shah-Mirzaei, the executive operations of Pars Petrochemical PDH project with an investment of about $900 million and the PDH project of Parsian Sepehr Refining Company with an investment of $860 million started earlier this week, the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana reported.
The annual feedstock of PDH at Parsian Sepehr Refining Company will be 600,000 tons per year of propane and will produce 300,000 tons of polypropylene, 140,000 tons of acrylic acid and 180,000 tons of superabsorbent per year.