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Iran Registers 7% Increase in Petchem Production – NPC

Iran’s petrochemical output during the first eight months of the current fiscal year (March-November) reached 47 million tons, indicating a 7% increase compared with the same period of last year, the production control manager of the National Petrochemical Company said.

 

Outlining production details, Bijan Chegeni said, “About 2.5 million tons of aromatics, 5.4 million tons of polymer products, 5.6 million tons of fertilizers and related materials, 14.1 million tons of hydrocarbon products and 19.5 million tons of chemicals were produced during the period,” the NPC’s news portal NIPNA reported.

 

“Of the total output, 23 million tons were produced in complexes located in Asalouyeh, Bushehr Province, 13 million tons came from petrochemical plants in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, and 11 million tons were produced in other regions,” he added.

 

Regarding the injection of feedstock to the West Ethylene Pipeline, the official noted that over 1.303 million tons of feedstock were injected into WEP in the eight-month period, which figure stood at 1.297 million tons last year.

 

West Ethylene Pipeline is 1,700 kilometers long and runs from the port city of Asalouyeh off the Persian Gulf. It supplies ethylene as feedstock to 12 petrochemical factories along the way, including in Mahabad, Mahshahr, Andimeshk, Lorestan, Kermanshah, Hamedan, Kurdestan and Miandoab.

 

The pipeline’s annual capacity is 3.5 million tons, 2.5 million tons of which come from the major South Pars Gas Field and the rest from Gachsaran field in Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad Province.

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