The Public Relations Department of National Petrochemical Company announced the names of companies to be privatized during the current year and subsequent years as follows:

Companies to be privatized in 2007:

Shiraz Petrochemical Company; Razi Petrochemical Complex; Tabriz Petrochemical Complex; Damavand Petrochemical Company (not operating); Bushehr Petrochemical Company (not operating); Dubai Petrochemical Commerce Company; Singapore Petrochemical Commerce Company; Britain Petrochemical Commerce Company; Germany’s Interacom; Petrochemical Transportation Company, Supplying Petrochemical Industries Parts, Equipments and Chemical Engineering Company; Petrochemical Terminals and Tanks Company, Rahavaran Fonoun Petroshimi, Urmia Petrochemical Company (3,000 tons); Rahbaran Petroshimi; Petrochemical Research and Technology Company; Shanghai and China Petrochemical Commerce Company; Khorasan Petrochemical Company; Fajr Petrochemical Company; Amir Kabir Petrochemical Complex (with government possessing 49 percent of stocks); Bakhtar Petrochemical Complex (with 30 percent state possession); Downstream Petrochemical Industries Development Company (with government possessing 34.9 percent of stocks); Ilam Petrochemical Complex (with government possessing 49 percent of stocks); Marjan Petrochemical Complex (with government possessing 48.99 percent of stocks); Hegmataneh Petrochemical Complex (with government possessing 32 percent of stocks); Ghadir Urea and Ammonia Company (with government possessing 48.99 percent of stocks); Morvarid Petrochemical Complex (with government possessing 48.9 percent of stocks); Downstream Petrochemical Industries Expansion Company (with government possessing 47 percent of stocks); Zagros Petrochemical Complex (with government possessing 49.9 percent of stocks); Jam Petrochemical Complex (with government possessing 49.9 percent of stocks); Fanavaran Petrochemical Complex (with government possessing 49.9 percent of stocks), and Petrochemical Industries Investment Company (with government possessing 28.76 percent of stocks)

Companies to be privatized in 2008:

Khuzestan Petrochemical Complex; Bistoon Petrochemical Complex, Pardis Petrochemical Complex; Non-Industrial Operations and Petrochemical Industries Services Company; International Petrochemical Commerce Company; Kalaye Petroshimi Company; Mobin Petrochemical Complex; and Pars Petrochemical Complex

Companies to be privatized in 2009:

Pazargad Non-Industrial Operations and Shahid Tondgouyan Petrochemical Complex

Companies to be privatized in 2010:

Persian Gulf Petrochemical Company; Bou Ali Sina Petrochemical Complex; and Arvand Petrochemical Complex

Companies to be privatized in 2011:

Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex; Faravaresh Petrochemical Complex; Kimia Petrochemical Complex; Kharazmi Petrochemical Complex; Borzouyeh Petrochemical Complex (with government possessing 76.5 percent of stocks), and Basparan Petrochemical Complex.