Managing Director of National
Petrochemical Company (NPC) Marziyeh Shahdaei says PTRC will share with Air
Liquide ownership of the technical knowhow needed for production of propylene
from methanol.
Speaking 5 days after signature of a deal between
PTRC and Air Liquide in Germany, Shahdaei said the Iranian company will share
ownership of with the French petrochemical giant.
On August 9, PTRC signed a deal with Air
Liquide in Germany on development of MTP technologies and acquisition of the
required licenses.
In previous such deals, Iran had no share
in ownership of petrochemical licenses but in this deal the country will share
ownership of the license with Air Liquide, she said.
"The deal was the first one of its
kind for Iran has struck with a foreign company," Shahdaei added.
It concerns developing joint licenses for
MTP process and basic engineering of construction of a 500,000-ton MTP plant in
Iran.