Akbar Pir Badli Samarin, director of asset transfer and investor
services at the zone’s administration, said the projects — spanning upstream,
midstream, downstream and service segments — reflect strong investor confidence
and growing interest in the sector’s value-chain expansion.
The 58 active projects include one upstream unit, 18 midstream
projects, 16 chemical downstream plants, nine environmental initiatives, four
non-chemical downstream facilities and 10 service-sector projects, he said,
citing the latest review of the zone’s investment portfolio.
According to the official, the projects occupy a combined area of more
than 1.658 million square metres, with an annual production capacity of 7.096
million tonnes. He said the developments play a “significant role” in
strengthening domestic petrochemical value creation.
Total investment in the projects amounts to 567,122 billion rials and
$2.825 billion, Pir Badli Samarin said, describing the figures as evidence of
investor trust in the zone’s economic and logistical advantages.
The projects have so far created 4,802 direct jobs and are expected to
generate more than 15,000 indirect employment opportunities, he added.
With continued institutional support for new investment proposals and
production-oriented initiatives, the zone anticipates further growth in output,
employment and capital inflows in the months ahead, the official said.