Iran Petrochemical Industry

The Parsian Sepehr Gas Refinery became operational on Thursday in Fars Province, head of the company’s board of directors said.

A project to produce catalysts used in polypropylene and high-density polyethylene will be launched at the Arak Center of the Petrochemical Research and Technology Company, Markazi Province, in…

Iran's annual petrochemical production capacity increased by 13.5 million tons in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20. The National Petrochemical Company’s annual output was 70 million…

Completing the value-added petrochemical production chain in petrochemical sector can help cut import of strategic commodities like propylene and also develop the key downstream sector, managing…

President Hassan Rouhani on Monday officially inaugurated oil and petrochemical projects valued at $2.7 billion in Ilam and Bushehr provinces via videoconference. Costing $1.7 billion, the…

Three petrochemical companies in southern Iran have been collaborating with domestic catalyst producers and knowledge-based firms to indigenize catalysts. Hengam Petrochemical Company on Hengam…

Construction of Dehdasht Petrochemical Plant in Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province has made 25% progress and is expected to come on stream by 2022, managing director of the plant said.

The second specialized exhibition and conference to support domestic manufacturing in the petrochemical industry opened in Kish Island in the Persian Gulf on Monday.

Petrochemical production will reach 100 million tons a year, worth $25 billion, by 2022, the oil minister told the 14th Iran Plast International Exhibition on Sunday. If projects proceed as…

Construction of Eslamabad-e-Gharb Petrochemical Plant in Kermanshah Province started Saturday. It will be the first to produce polypropylene from natural gas. With an estimated cost of $545…

Iranian Investment Petrochemical Group is expanding operations and will contribute to the value chain of petrochemicals, the managing director, Rasoul Ashrafzadeh, said. Founded in 2011 in…

Jam Petrochemical Company in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, is to increase sales by 33% compared to last year and will earn $800 million in sales by the end of the current calendar year in March,…

The National Petrochemical Company has plans to lift added value and help curb oil export, director of projects at the NPC said. Nineteen projects will come on stream by the end of the next…

Kavian Petrochemical Company in the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, is the main injector of ethylene to the West Ethylene Pipeline and plays an important role…

Petrochemical revenue from exports and domestic sales in seven years exceeded $110 billion, secretary general of Iran's Association of Petrochemical Industry Corporation (APIC) said.  “Of…

Three petrochemical plants costing $1.1 billion were launched in the western provinces on Thursday. The projects include olefin unit and sulfur recovery unit of Ilam Petrochemical Plant in Ilam…

Karoon Petrochemical Company, in the southwestern port city of Mahshahr in Khuzestan Province, has unveiled two new polyurethane products. Seeking to complete the value chain, diversify…

Launch of six petrochemical projects since the beginning of the current Persian fiscal year (March) has increased annual production capacity by 10 million tons -- from 66 million tons last year…

Bu-Ali Sina Petrochemical Company in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, is moving ahead with two projects to produce higher value-added products, the managing director said.

Lordegan Petrochemical Plant in western Chaharmahal-Bakhtiari Province was inaugurated on Thursday. The plant will produce 1.075 million tons of urea and 677,000 tons of ammonia and generate $…

Iran’s 55 petrochemical companies produced 35 million tons of products between March 22 and Sept. 22. Despite the coronavirus pandemic and US sanctions the figure reveals 8% growth in the…

Jam Petrochemical Company in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, has set a new record in producing a polyethylene grade, HD-52518, at its linear low-density polyethylene (LLDPE) unit. With the efforts…

The project to eliminate the volatile organic compounds emissions from a wastewater treatment unit at Tabriz Petrochemical Plant in East Azarbaijan Province has been launched as the company…

Sabalan Petrochemical Company in Asalouyeh, southern Bushehr Province, has started using domestically-made hydrodesulphurization (HDS) catalysts for the first time in the country to support…

Construction of Arg Petrochemical Complex in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, which was approved in 1996 to annually produce 100,000 tons of acrylonitrile, remains on hold. The national project,…