Speaking to NIPNA, Ali Mohammad
Bossaqzadeh, director of production control at National Petrochemical Company
(NPC), said Iranian petrochemical facilities yielded 40 million tons of products
during the period which is a suitable level for the country's petrochemical sector.
"That production has risen shows that
more downstream units are operating in the country and more feedstock has been
supplied to the units," he noted.
The official further said that over 12
million tons of petrochemicals have been sold in the domestic market in the
period, adding the amount is nearly 12% higher than the sales in the same
period last year.
Many petrochemical facilities in Iran run
on natural gas which is relatively cheaper than crude oil making the sector
more lucrative in the country, he argued.