Speaking
on the final day of 4-day Iran Plast International Exhibition in Tehran on
Wednesday, Behzad Mohammadi, the CEO of the National Petrochemical Company
(NPC), told reporters that an annual amount of 33 million tons (equal to
650,000 b/d of oil) was being supplied to petrochemical plants operating in the
country.
The
13th Iran Plast international exhibition began on Sunday, September 22 and
rounds up on September 25 at Tehran’s permanent fairgrounds.
He said
by realization of the second leap in the petrochemical industry, 62 million
tons per year of feedstock (equal to 1.4 mbd of crude oil) will be supplied to
the sector by 2021.
Iran
is planning to materialize its third petrochemical leap from 2021 through 2025.
“This
figure will reach 1.7 mbd by 2025 when the third leap in the industry is
realized.”
The
official said that nearly 1,000 jobs were created in the industry for every ton
of production growth. However, with 66 mt/y of production capacity in the
industry, 108,000 jobs have been created in the sector in Iran.
He
said that the number of jobs created in downstream industries is very
eye-catching in the petrochemical industry, adding for every ton of production
in the downstream petrochemical sector, 170,000 jobs are generated.
Mohammadi
further said that 31 million tons of salable items are produced in the upstream
sector of the petrochemical industry of Iran, adding 22.5 mt/y of items
(roughly 70% of the country’s output) is exported.