According to NPC, the official emphasized the increase in the production and export of various polymer and petrochemical products in the current calendar year, saying Marjan and Kaveh petrochemical plants are scheduled to come on-stream in the first half of the year with the annual production capacity of 1.65 and 2.3 million tons per year, respectively.

He added: "Considering the 92 percent progress of Bushehr Ethane Production Unit, it is hoped that this unit will be launched this year."

The director of production at NPC, referring to ongoing efforts to complete the remaining phases of South Pars gas field, as well as plans to improve the efficiency of ethane production in the field's existing phases, added: "The growth in ethylene production by 650,000 tons in the olefin units of Asaluyeh in 1397 is expected to increase production of various types of polyethylene by about 630,000 tons."

According to him, optimizing and improving the capacity of the MTBE unit of Bandar Emam Petrochemical Plant  (increasing the unit's production capacity by 150,000 tons per year), optimizing the H-Poly unit of the Tondgooyan Petrochemical Complex to increase its output capacity by 26,000 tons per year, planned capacity-building corrective projects at Fanavaran Petrochemical Complex, construction of the second unit of PBR production at 50,000 tons in Takht Jamshid Complex in Mahshahr, production of 40,000 tons of potassium sulfate at Urumia Petrochemical Complex, LTE separation in Noori Petrochemical Complex, eliminating operational bottlenecks of Phase 2 of Kavian Petrochemical Complex, projects to increase the capacity of olefin units in the Arya Sasol, Jam, Morvarid and Kavian petrochemical plants, and the purchase and installation of a 350-ton auxiliary boiler for increasing the steam production capacity and increasing the capacity of the desalting unit by 7,500 cubic meters per day at Mobin Petrochemical Complex, are some of the most important projects pursued by NPC in the current calendar year.