Producing gasoline from methanol is not profitable

Producing gasoline from methanol is not profitable

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.

Get to know one of the most modern refineries in Iran, Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery

Get to know one of the most modern refineries in Iran, Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery

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.

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Iran will transform from an exporter to an importer of petrochemical products within the next three years

Iran will transform from an exporter to an importer of petrochemical products within the next three years

A petrochemical expert warns that the country's excessive focus on the limited production of certain products such as methanol and urea is the Achilles' heel of the petrochemical industry, and says that if balanced development is not carried out in this area to produce MTO units and the like, within the next few years Iran will not only not be able to export petrochemical and chemical products, but will also become an importer.
3 gas fields to be handed over to steel industries

3 gas fields to be handed over to steel industries

The CEO of the National Oil Company, referring to the problems of industries in the field of gas cuts in some seasons of the year, said: "A measure was taken to make two or three gas fields available to steel companies so that these complexes can also participate in production."
Olefin petrochemicals suffer the fate of Iranian methanol producers

Olefin petrochemicals suffer the fate of Iranian methanol producers

Experts warn that a decline in ethane production in the coming years could cripple the country's ethylene chain and the bitter tragedy of methanol producers could now be repeated for olefins; they see the way out as the construction of MTO units and an end to the sale of methanol as crude.