NPC details petrochemical projects eyed under Iran's expansion plan

Iran's capacity to manufacture petrochemical intermediates and final products will grow from 13 million metric tons/year in 1998 to 20 million tons/year in 2001 and 31 million tons/year in 2005 under the multi-phase development program of National Petrochemical Co. The program is divided into five phases. Phase 1 and 2 will have a total capacity of 1.8 million tons/year of intermediates and 4.7 million tons/year of final products. Phase 3 will have a capacity to produce 4.3 million tons/year of intermediates and 6.7 tons/year of final products. NPC has outlined Phases 4 and 5 of its expansion program, which encompasses the periods 2005-09 and 2009-13, respectively and will increase NPC's final products capacity by a combined 5.4 million tons/year.