Iran Petrochemical Industry

The rise in ethane production in Iran over the last eight months has helped petrochemical plants raise their ethylene output by 420,000 tons – reaching about 7.7 million tons.  According…

The Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company is undertaking nine petrochemical projects worth $8.5 billion, the company’s managing director said. "When completed in 2021, PGPIC output,…

The National Petrochemical Company's revenues are estimated to exceed $12 billion by the end of the current fiscal in March, Behzad Mohammadi, the new head of NPC said Saturday.

Petrochemical output reached 37 million tons in the first eight months of the current fiscal (March 21-Nov. 20), production manager of the National Petrochemical Company said Saturday. The…

Khomein Petrochemical Complex in the namesake city in Markazi Province, with annual production capacity of 185,000 tons of polypropylene, will go on stream within a year, the site…

Prices of polyethylene terephthalate (PET), a form of polyester that is used in the production of plastic bottles, have plummeted by 56% in recent days after sharp rise over the past few months…

Nouri Petrochemical Company in southern Bushehr Province has launched a program to increase paraxylene production and the project is due to be completed by the end of the current fiscal, the…

In the wake of a sharp spike in ethane production, polyethylene output in Kavian Petrochemical Complex in the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, has witnessed a 40…

Construction of four plants with 6-million-ton annual production is scheduled to commence soon in Qeshm, the largest island in the Persian Gulf. Former chief executive officer of the National…

Petrochemical production in the first seven months of the current fiscal (March 21- Oct. 22) reached 32 million tons, the National Petrochemical Company said in a report. Of the total output,…

Tabriz Petrochemical Company in East Azarbaijan Province will be connected to the West Ethylene Pipeline, a 1,200km pipeline that runs from Asalouyeh in the south to West Azarbaijan Province in…

Tabriz Petrochemical Company has developed a RTO system to collect and dispose emissions from its ABS unit and the system will be operational within two weeks, the managing director said.

An integrated methanol consortium is of high importance in light of the looming US sanctions against Iran’s oil industry, said the National Petrochemical Company managing director, Reza…

Kermanshah Petrochemical Industries Company’s development program will get a fresh impetus with €287 million in loans.

The first 20,000 ton methanol consignment produced by Marjan Petrochemical Company in the southern city of Asalouyeh in Bushehr Province was shipped from Pars Special Economic Energy Zone on the…

Jam Petrochemical Company in the southern port city of Asalouyeh in Bushehr Province produced 250,000 tons of polymer products in the first five months of the current fiscal (March-Aug.), of…

Jam Petrochemical Company in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, has unveiled 13 indigenized products.

“The new polyethylene grades will annually earn $100 million in export revenues,” Seyyed…

Construction of five petrochemical complexes in Qeshm Island off the Persian Gulf will commence soon.

"The ventures, worth $4.2 billion, are aimed at producing more value-added products…

Petrochemical export earnings during the first six months of the current fiscal reached $ 7.4 billion showing a 24% increase compared to the corresponding period last year. 

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Petrochemical output reached close to 27.5 million tons over six months, the National Petrochemical Company said in a report. 

Close to 60% of plants that receive feedstock from petrochemical units have shut down and the rest are working at 30% capacity due to lack of raw materials, a board member of the Iran National…

The mounting US pressure notwithstanding, Indian private petrochemical firms want to continue their trade and business with Iran’s petrochemical sector.

The domestic petrochemical industry is well placed in the global market and plans to expand, said the director of planning and development at the state-run National Petrochemical Company.

Iran's top engineering and energy enterprise MAPNA Group is set to embark on a petrochemical project and implementation of power plants in the Parsian Special Economic Energy Zone in the…

To complete the value chain in the petrochemical sector, the National Petrochemical Company has issued directives for raising ethylene production in petrochemical complexes in the port city of…