Investors will have various bonuses for developing petrochemical
downstream industries in the special economic zone with the goal of completing
the value chain, said Sayed Omid Shahidinia, Managing Director of the PETZONE
in Mahshahr, southwestern Iran, told NIPNA, underlining the existence of favorable
infrastructure and capabilities for the development of downstream petrochemical
industries in the region.
“At present, 18 downstream companies are active in the region, of which 10
companies are operational and are actively producing their products,” he said.
He added that other 8 companies were building downstream projects in the
area.
According to him, 12 other companies had applied for building downstream
projects in Mahshahr whose applications were being considered and weighed up by
the organization.
"According to the estimates, the feedstock needed by these
companies is more than one million tons per year, which we hope we can work
with the National Petrochemical Company to provide direct feedstock supplies to
them through companies based in the region."
It is worth mentioning that raffinate, methanol, sodium hydroxide, and polymers
are the main feedstock needed by these projects.