Addressing
a ceremony to mark the petrochemical day on Tuesday, he said that there are 67
active petrochemical units in the country that produce valuable products,
adding: "Petrochemical plants have provided $9 billion to the Nima system
since the beginning of the year and it is estimated that this figure will reach
$12 billion by the end of the year."
The
Minister of Petroleum stated that the demand for petrochemical products in the
world markets is a ostensible and that no matter how much we invest in this
industry, it is still small.
Owji
noted that 15,000 industrial units in the country are fed by petrochemicals,
adding: “Today, about 80 million cubic meters are spent on fuel and feedstock
in the petrochemical industry, which produces valuable products, and on the
other hand, 600 million cubic meters per day is used in the domestic sector.”