Speaking to NIPNA, the official underlined the rich
resources of oil and gas in Iran, adding the country has been enjoying
petrochemical industry for 55 years and has taken considerable steps in this
field over the last 20 years.
"However, urea and ammonia are still the major
products of Iran's petrochemical plants," he admitted, saying that, albeit,
over the past 10 to 15 years, other petrochemical units for diversifying petrochemical
products have come on-stream in the country but more efforts are needed to
diversity petrochemical products and developing the sector's downstream industries.
Norouzzadeh, who is also deputy petroleum minister for petrochemical affairs,
said projects like Persian Gulf Bidboland Refinery and Gachsaran petrochemical Plant
are major projects under construction in Iran which can be instrumental in diversification
of downstream products in the industry.