Speaking to NIPNA, Sakineh Almasi, a spokesman for the
Iranian Parliament's Energy Committee, said: "We need to support the
petrochemical industry with the goal of completing the value chain, and in this
regard, given the return on investment in the petrochemical and downstream
industries, construction and completion of new projects can lead to a
transformation in this dynamic industry.”
The representative of Assaluyeh, Kangan, Jam and Dayyer
in the Islamic Consultative Assembly added: "It is necessary to funnel wandering
cash towards construction and completion of petrochemical projects. Also, by
expanding the diversity of petrochemical products, it is possible to generate value
and prevent crude oil exports, while export of petrochemicals is easier than
oil, hence circumventing the sanctions.”
Referring to the fact that the petrochemical industry directly
and indirectly created many businesses, the MP stated that with a variety of
petrochemical products and technologies created in the downstream petrochemical
sector, the industry supplies hundreds of items.
She further added that the petrochemical industry
played a special role in the country's economy, adding: "Infrastructures
exist for expansion of petrochemical plants in the country.”