Iran's petrochemical industry is at a strategic crossroads: developing huge mega-plants for global competition or focusing on small and medium-sized units to meet domestic needs? Mohsen Ansari, an expert in the petrochemical industry, says in response to this question: Both paths have their advantages, but ignoring new global technologies such as COTC could jeopardize Iran's export position.
Reducing access to the cold seasons in the cold seasons has directly reduced production and consequently reduced revenue and profitability of the petrochemical industry, and petrochemical units for the cold season are concerned about half the allocation of gas to the industry.
The Bandar Imam Petrochemical VC unit returned to production after a period of emergency overhaul with a higher production capacity than before.
The Director of Production Control at the National Petrochemical Company considered the petrochemical industry's production in 1404 to be defensible despite the 12-day war, and listed the development of fields, the collection of flare gases, and investment in gas consumption reduction projects as among the petrochemical industry's solutions for providing sustainable food.
The planning director of the National Petrochemical Company, emphasizing the focus on the downstream and reaching a capacity of 131 million tons by the end of the Seventh Plan, said that producing gasoline from methanol is not economically viable.
The CEO of Ilam Petrochemical Company announced the successful completion of the overhaul of various units of this complex and said: "This extensive operation was completed without any incidents, despite the increase in the volume of activities compared to last year."
Major repairs to the ethylbenzene and styrene monomer units and emergency repairs to the ethane extraction unit of Pars Petrochemical Company have begun.
Despite the special capabilities in developing the propylene value chain, due to excessive licensing and lack of sound policymaking by the National Petrochemical Company, this market is becoming saturated and is on track to suffer a similar fate to methanol production units.
Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company, as one of the 10 largest refineries in the country, plays a key role in providing Iran with the energy and products it needs. The refinery was built on an area of about 770 hectares, 20 kilometers west of Bandar Abbas city and on the northern shore of the Persian Gulf, and went into operation in 1997 with an initial capacity of 232,000 barrels per day.
The Director of Planning and Development of the National Petrochemical Industries Company said: "By the end of the Seventh Plan, we will reach a capacity of 131 million tons at the end of the plan, and we will reach these capacities."
