Iran petchem output capacity set to hit 110 mt/y

Iran’s petrochemical industry is a key non-oil revenue generator. Despite oil sanctions, Iranian petrochemical manufacturers have managed to find new markets and have invested in the downstream sector to earn Iran hard currency revenue. Iran’s petrochemical industry production capacity stands at 92 million tonnes a year (mt/y). So far, $85 billion have been invested in this industry. The National Petrochemical Company (NPC) plans to invest another $15 billion within two years to bring the production capacity to 110 mt/y. Hassan Abbaszadeh, NPC’s director of planning and development, told Iran Petroleum the country's petrochemical production capacity would reach 200 mt/y by the end of the 8th National Economic Development Plan.