Amir Vakilzadeh, the director of projects at the National
Petrochemical Company (NPC), said that during the current calendar year, which
began on March 21, implementation and operation of some projects faced certain
obstacles and problems due to the outbreak of the coronavirus, but with the
efforts made, no project has been hamstrung.
He said that in the spring of next calendar year, the
remaining five projects out of 17 projects planned for the current year will be
fully operational, adding: “According to the plans, Sabalan, Phase 1 of Masjed
Soleiman, Parsian Sepehr, Phase 1 of Arta Energy and the first phase of Ibn
Sina Petrochemical projects will be put into operation in the spring of the
next calendar year.”
The director of projects at the National Petrochemical
Company stated that the development of the value chain is viewed as a strategy
at NPC, adding: "We seek to develop the chain in various dimensions so
that in addition to preventing crude sales, diversify the portfolio of
petrochemical products and create higher value added.”
This year, to realize the second leap of the
petrochemical industry, Kaveh, Hegmataneh, Miandoab, Pars Petrochemical, Middle
East, Lordegan, Phase 1 of Bushehr Petrochemical, Lorestan Catalyst Production
Unit, Potassium Sulfate, Urmia Petrochemical, Bidboland Gas Refinery, the
second phase of Ilam Petrochemicals and Kangan Petro-refinery projects came on
stream.