Speaking to NIPNA, the CEO of Negin Makran Petrochemical
Development Company, Mohammad Reza Movasaghi, said the project originally concerned
development of 18 petrochemical plants aimed at production of upstream products
like methanol, urea, ammonia, olefins and aromatic products.
The first phase of the project entails 5 advanced
GTX units, an urea-ammonia unit and a utility complex to supply the needs of
adjacent plants, he added.
So far, one of the GTX units has made 25%
progress.
Iranian Petrochemical Plants supplied 8.71
million tons of petrochemical products over the first two months of the current
Iranian calendar year which began on March 21.
According to the National Petrochemical Company
(NPC) public relations, the 20 facilities operating at Mahshahr petrochemical
Zone in the southwestern province of Khuzestan supplied 2.9 mt of
petrochemicals during the period.
Moreover, the plants operating at Assaluyeh
supplied 3.8 million tons of products.
Besides, the 20 other petrochemical complexes
being run in other parts of the country provided 1.8 million tons of products.
Export of 3.6 million tons of petrochemicals
fetched over $2.229 billion in revenues for the country during the two months.