Behzad
Mohammadi announced division of the petrochemical industry’s development plan at
NPC.
The head
of the NPC board of directors said: "In this master plan, apart from
focusing on project implementation, feedstock supply, production and exports, a
special look has been cast on creating diversity in the sector’s value chain.”
The NPC
CEO said: "There are currently 59 petrochemical projects under way, of which
33 projects have progressed more than 20 percent, so our entire effort is to pick
appropriate strategies aimed at expediting the projects.”
Mohammadi,
who is also deputy petroleum minister for petrochemical affairs, said development
of this industry has so far been carried out in two hubs which are namely
Mahshahr, in the southwestern province of Khuzestan, and Assalouyeh, in
southern Iran.
"I
believe that the development of petrochemicals will quickly increase with the
elimination of the problems and concerns of the projects under way.”
Behzad Mohammadi
further stated that a master development plan for the petrochemical industry
had been devised which paid special heed to diversification of the products.