Iran Petrochemical Industry

The Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company is ready to cooperate with leading German companies in chemical and petrochemical industries, managing director of PGPIC said.

According to a report by the National Petrochemical Company, petrochemical complexes across the country average 85% of their production capacity, while Nouri Petrochemical Company’s output in…

Iranian petrochemical production and exports grew by 8% and 5% respectively between July 2021 and April 2022, and reached 32 million tons and 22 million tons compared to a year ago.

The development plan underway at Arvand Petrochemical Company in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, will help end crude sales, develop downstream industries and create jobs, managing director of the…

The production capacity of the high-density polyethylene unit at Ilam Petrochemical Plant in Ilam Province has increased by 10%, managing director of the company said. The HDPE unit, which was…

With the completion of the overhaul of the sulfuric acid unit at Urmia Petrochemical Company in West Azarbaijan Province, production will increase, managing director of the company said.

The new US economic blockade on Iran’s petrochemical sector will neither impact exports nor its development plans, the head of Mehr Petrochemical Company, a subsidiary of the National…

To help accelerate value chain completion in the petrochemical sector, the National Petrochemical Company is determined to indigenize all major catalysts used in the industry by 2024, managing…

Karoun Petrochemical Company and the Boss Pool Company from Bosnia-Herzegovina have signed an agreement to collaborate in the field of petrochemicals.

The production of Lordegan Petrochemical Company in the southwestern Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province in the second month of the current Iranian year (April 21-May 21) has increased by 540%…

The construction of Gachsaran Petrochemical Company in Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province has registered 91.5% progress, the managing director of the plant said. Mostafa Heydarian said the plant…

The Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company and the Iranian Central Oil Fields Company have signed a memorandum of understanding to develop the second phase of the Tang-e-Bijar gas field…

The total revenues of Iran’s petrochemical industry will increase by $4 billion compared to last Iranian year (March 2021-22) and reach $27 billion by the end of the current fiscal year (March…

Gas refineries and petrochemical plants across Iran are operating at half their capacity due to lack of feedstock, deputy oil minister for planning and supervision of hydrocarbon resources said…

Two petrochemical companies in the southwest hit production records last Iranian year (March 2021-22). Amir Kabir Petrochemical Company in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, set a record in recent…

The Eslamabad-e-Gharb Petrochemical Plant, under construction in Kermanshah Province, will convert gas to methanol first and then methanol to propylene and finally propylene to polypropylene,…

The financial statement of the National Petrochemical Company for the fiscal 2021-22 shows the company’s net profit doubled in that year compared to the previous year. The statement, which was…

The low density polyethylene unit of Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company in Khuzestan Province registered a production record in the last Iranian year (ended March 20, 2022). The LDPE unit of the…

Access to abundant oil and gas reserves is a unique advantage for the development of Iran’s petrochemical industry and Russian companies are welcome to use this opportunity and participate in…

The construction of three units to produce high-density polyethylene, low-density polyethylene and propylene has begun at the Dehloran Petrochemical Complex.

To complete the propane value chain, Pars Petrochemical Company in Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in southern Bushehr Province, has planned to develop the downstream industry by building…

Safeguarding the environment is key to long-term sustainable petrochemical development in dry southern provinces.

Close to $1 billion have been invested in the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone (Petzone) in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, on developing the infrastructure, which will boost petrochemical…

The 55 Iranian petrochemical companies use 1.1 million barrels of crude as feedstock daily and this will reach 2.6 million barrels over the next decade, managing director of the National…

The Iranian petrochemical industry's revenue-generating potential notwithstanding, the 60-year-old sector has long been grappling with problems that have slowed down its development, the head of…