Hossein Aqaei-Tabrizi told PIN the projects would aim to provide subsidiary, power, and steam systems needed by the second phase units.
He added the west ethylene pipeline had made 47 percent progress and would become operational according to the timetable if funded as expected.
Elaborating on the company’s duties, the managing director said, “The Petrochemical Development Management Co. holds tenders, signs contracts on engineering affairs, builds petrochemical plants and renders logistical service, hires and trains skilled experts, and supplies the project’s raw material stored in multipurpose warehouses.
The managing director of National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said
Gholam-Hossein Nejabat said his company would invest the huge sum in 27 petrochemical projects during the Fifth Plan, out of which 9.2 billion dollars would be funded by hard currencies.
“The investment helps the sector increase the petrochemical out by 33.7 million tons during the plan,” predicted the official.
Nejabat said 24 petrochemical projects with a 14.8 billion dollar fund had been included in the Fourth Five-Year Development Plan (2005-2010), with some becoming operational.
The NPC head said 13 petrochemical projects would come on stream in the current year, adding three of them were ready for inauguration.
“At present,
“The country’s world share is 0.9 percent, which is predicted to reach 6.3 percent by 2015.
“According to the Fifth Plan,
Petrochemical products accounted for the highest share of non-oil goods
Totally 42.2 percent of the weight and 38.6 percent of the value of exported non-oil products belonged to petrochemicals.
The country exported 14,236,800 tons of petrochemical products, valued at 6.11 billion dollars, during the yearlong period, showing 115.5 and 140.8 percent increases in terms of weight and worth respectively when compared to those in their preceding year.
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