Speaking to
NIPNA, Mehdi Masoumi Esfahani sand the petrochemical industry could play a role
in the growing process of Iran’s economic development, adding the development
of this industry both in the upstream and the downstream sectors would create employment.
“We should move towards
production of final products in the petrochemical industry; if we achieve this
goal, we can easily consider exporting petrochemical products,” the official
said. “All this will wean the economy off export of crude oil and gas and
complete the industry’s value chain.”
Masoumi Esfahani
stated: "The importance of completing the value chain with the aim of
reducing crude sales is not hidden to anyone. The conditions of this industry
should be designed in such a way that the country would enter the global market
more than before.”