Behzad Mohammadi yesterday evening (Tuesday,
September 21) on the first day of a two-day trip to Assaluyeh, visited the
Siraf Petrochemical Project and Kangan Petroleum Plant in Deir Region and
discussed the strategy for developing and completing the value chain the
petrochemical industry.
Pointing out that Deir region is another hub
of petrochemical industry development in the Persian Gulf coasts, he added:
"The strategy of the National Petrochemical Company in this region, such
as phases 1 and 2 of Assaluyeh, is to complete the value chain and diversify
the portfolio of valuable petrochemical products."
The CEO of the National Petrochemical Company
continued: “With the production of olefin, poly-olefin and PDH units in Kangan
Petro-Refining Complex, this facility will take the final step to complete the
value chain.”
Mohammadi stated that the gases produced in
phase 12 of South Pars were transferred to this project and after methane
returned to the national grid, the separated gases of ethane and propane would
be converted into feedstock for the petrochemical industry. Heavy and light
density polyethylene as well as propane are also converted into valuable
polypropylene products in the PDH unit.
He noted: “A total of 1.5 million tons of
polymer will be produced at Kangan Petro-Refining Plant.”