Addressing a press conference after completion of the project in Asslouyeh, south of Iran, Jokar said, “The complex recruits Iranian and young educated workforce, without recourse to foreigners."
He said the company has set a record of 11 million man/hour incident-free work on the project to put it into operation.
Jokar also said that more than 80 percent of parts and equipment used for construction of the unit was are supplied by domestic manufactures.
The MEG unit of Iran’s Morvarid Petrochemical, a subsidiary of state-owned National Petrochemical Co, started up a 500,000 tonne/year gas cracker at Assalouyeh in the Iranian month of Day (December 21, 2015-January 21, 2016).
The MEG unit can export as much as 350,000 tons/year product if necessary feedstock is supplied, he added.
The manager said since its operation, the MEG unit exported as much as 260,000 tons of its products.
The feedstock of the unit are 340,000 tons/year ethylene and 368,000 tons/year oxygen, yielding MEG, DEG and TEG, he concluded.
Methyl Ethylene glycol is an organic compound with the formula (CH2OH)2. It is mainly used for two purposes, as a raw material in the manufacture of polyester fibers and for antifreeze formulations. It is an odorless, colorless, sweet-tasting syrup. Ethylene glycol is moderately toxic.[3]