Iran warming up to become Catalyst Exporter

Iran warming up to become Catalyst Exporter
(Tuesday, May 1, 2018) 19:18

TEHRAN (NIPNA) -- An Iranian manufacturer of petrochemical items says the country is gradually turning into an exporter of petrochemical catalysts.

Addressing a press conference, the CEO of Supplying Parts, Equipments and Chemicals Engineering Co. (SPEC), Jalil Sobhani, said, fortunately, Iran is currently self-sufficient in catalyst production, adding: "We have to move towards exporting catalysts, and we have registered some licenses for catalyst production so far."

"At present, only 30% of domestic products are used in petrochemical plants and refineries, which we expect to reach 50 or 60 percent in the year of supporting domestic producers and manufacturers," he told reporters.

Supreme Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei has named the calendar year of 1397 as the year of "Supporting Iranian Producers".

He said 2008 is marked as the climax of SPEC's performance when the cruel sanctions were not imposed on Tehran yet.

At that time the US, in an abrupt move, banned selling vital catalysts for petrol production to Iran and "we were entrusted to provide the item by importing it or relying on domestic capabilities for its production."

Today, he added, 90% of the catalysts used for production of Euro-4 and Euro-5 gasoline are domestically produced in Iran.

Sobhani continued: "At present, the refineries of Isfahan and Tehran, and Noori, Bu Ali and Bandar Imam petrochemical plants, as well as the Persian Gulf Star Refinery, use domestic catalysts to produce gasoline."

He said local production and consumption of catalysts have saved Iran over a billion dollars, adding this can lead to export of $60 billion of goods for the country.

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