Iran Daily May 27, 2009
New Petrochemical Plants Due
Iran sets to launch 10
new petrochemical plants and complexes this year. Managing
Director of National Iranian Petrochemical Company Adel
Nejadsalim said the new petrochemical projects are valued at $4.3
billion, Moj News Agency wrote.
The projects include
ethylene benzene and styrene monomer plant in Pars Petrochemical
Complex with 1.245 million tons of production capacity (valued at
$535 million);
urea and ammonia plant in Pardis Petrochemical Complex with 1.755
million tons of production capacity (valued at $210 million);
methanol plant in Zagros Petrochemical Complex with 1.650 million
tons of production capacity (valued at $341 million);
clor alkali plant in Arvand Petrochemical Complex with 2.834
million tons of production capacity (valued at $1.612 billion);
Morvarid Petrochemical Plant with 544,000 tons of production
capacity (valued at $422 million),
Mehr Petrochemical Plant with 300,000 tons of capacity (valued at
$231 million);
development of Mobin Petrochemical Plant (valued at $359
million);
NPC developmental plans of Tabriz Petrochemical Complex with
54,000 tons of production capacity (valued at $35 million);
heavy polyethylene plant in Amirkabir Petrochemical Complex with
300,000 tons of production capacity (valued at $309 million);
and,
butadiene plant in Jam Petrochemical Complex with 115,000 tons of
production capacity (valued at $148 million).
In related news, managing director of Mahshahr Special
Petrochemical Zone said two petrochemical projects with the
investment of $2 billion would be operational in Mahshahr in
southwestern Khuzestan province by March 2010.
The projects have witnessed a physical progress of 98 percent,
Ali Yazdani said.
He added that the proposed projects are to produce some 3.1
million tons of petrochemical products, increasing the country's
petrochemical products up to 20 million tons.
The petrochemical products will be used in producing different
kinds of pipes, insulations, kitchen tools, detergents, different
kinds of films, and medical and plastic pieces.
Tehran Times June 24,
2009
Mehr Petrochemical
Complex to be officially inaugurated
The Mehr Petrochemical Complex in Assaluyeh will be officially
inaugurated on Thursday (June 25).
Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari will attend the
inaugural ceremony, the Mehr News Agency reported on Tuesday.
The complex started trial operation in May and it is currently
working with full capacity.
The Mehr Petrochemical Complex is one of the National
Petrochemical Company’s major projects implemented
through a $230 million joint venture by the domestic private
sector and foreign investors.
The complex has been built to produce high density polyethylene
in Pars Special Economic Energy Zone in Assaluyeh.
The high density polyethylene project of Pars Special Economic
Energy Zone is the first investment by Japanese companies in Iran’s petrochemical industry in the
past 24 years.
イランのMehr Petrochemical、25日に竣工式
伊藤忠が出資するイランのMehr Petrochemical は、アサリューエ地区で230百万ドルを投じ、高密度ポリエチレン年産30万トンプラントを建設していたが、5月に試運転を開始、現在はフル稼働をしている。
25日に石油相が出席し、竣工式を行う。
Mehr Petrochemical はイランの国営石油会社（NPC）が40%、日本/タイの合弁投資会社
Alliance Petrochemical Investment (Singaore)が60%を出資している。
投資会社には伊藤忠が約20%、タイのCementhai Chemicals が約63%、タイのナショナルペトロケミカル（NPC)が約17%を出資している。
タイの2社は原料立地の観点からHDPE事業の立地を中近東に求め、伊藤忠の紹介でNPCと交渉を行ったもの。
2005年6月に三井造船と三井化学が共同で建設を受注した。
三井化学は高密度ポリエチレン製造技術（CX技術）を供与し、三井造船は製造プラントの基本設計、機材の調達及び製造プラントの建設指導を行い、イラン国内の大手建設会社RAMPCOとコンソーシアムを形成してRAMPCOにイラン国内の機材調達および製造プラント建設工事を担当させた。
Cementhai Chemicals のタイの３系列のＨＤＰＥプラントは、何れも三井化学が技術をライセンスし、三井造船が納入している。
また、国際協力銀行は2005年8月、ドイツ銀行東京支店とスタンダードチャータード銀行東京支店との協調融資で、同プロジェクトに総額約5,900万ドルを限度とする貸付契約（バイヤーズ・クレジット）に調印している。
なお、イランでは本プロジェクトに加え、NPCと南アのSasol の50/50JVのArya Sasol
Petrochemical (オレフィン No.9)が間もなく完成する。
エチレンが140万トン、MDPE/HDPEが30万トン、LDPEが30万トンの計画。
May 04, 2009 BBC
Iran president
to inaugurate four energy projects soon - minister
Iran's Petroleum Minister Gholamhoseyn Nowzari stated here on
Monday [4 May] that President Mahmud Ahmadinezhad will inaugurate
four national oil projects within the next weeks.
Talking to the Mehr News Agency he said the projects consist of Aqajari
gas-injection station, Iran-Alborz semi-floating
[semi-submersible] oil platforms, Arya Sasol petrochemical
complex, and Mehr petrochemical complex.
He added that the Iran-Alborz semi-floating [semi-submersible]
oil platforms are a drilling operation in the Caspian Sea.
Iran-Alborz is one of the most advanced semi-floating drilling
rigs and is made by Iran Marine Industrial Co (SADRA).
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) invested 400m dollars in
semi-submersible rigs that can operate at water depths of up to
1,030 meters and drill down to 1,000 meters under the seabed,
Nowzari added.
He went on to say that the rig weighs 14,000 tons without its
attachments and 120 experts will work on it. It will facilitate
exploration in deep waters in southern parts of the Caspian Sea.
About the Aqajari project, Nowzari said that a 500-km pipeline as
been laid for transferring produced gas from South Pars gas
fields to Aqajari oil fields.
"Aqajari oil field holds about 10 billion barrels of oil,
which after gas injection is projected to produce an additional
2.1bn barrels in a 25-year timeframe," he stated.
"Arya Sasol petrochemical complex (Olefin 9) has been
established between Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC)
and South African group Sasol holding 50 per cent shares
each," Nowzari noted.
Iran and South Africa have equally invested 1.35bn euros in the
project, he said, adding that the Arya Sasol petrochemical
complex is among the world's biggest polymer projects which
products will be mainly exported.
When the complex comes on stream, 400,000 tons of ethylene,
90,000 tons of C3 cut, 300,000 tons of medium and heavy
polyethylene, and 300,000 tons of light polyethylene will be
added to Iran's petrochemical output.
Construction operations of the complex started in the Pars
special economic energy zone (PSEEZ) in 2002 and the project has
made over 97-percent progress so far, the official added.
The Mehr petrochemical complex, with over 231mn dollars worth of
investment, will produce high density polyethylene in the Pars
special economic energy zone.
The high density polyethylene project of the Pars special
economic energy zone is the first investment by Japanese
companies in Iran's petrochemical industry in the past 24 years.
The plan, which includes the construction of a 300-ton high
density polyethylene plant, will be commissioned by the Mehr
petrochemical complex to a consortium comprising Iran's RAMPCO
and Japan's Mitsui companies.
In Iran, 16 petrochemical projects completed
Iranian officials say
over the past 4 years, 16 petrochemical projects have been
completed in special economic zones in the country.
According to Iran's National Petrochemical Company, 8 of the
projects were carried out in the Pars Energy Special Economic
Zone in Asalouyeh; 7 in the Special Petrochemical Economic Zone
and 1 in Kermanshah Province, Shana reported on August 26.
The Asalouyeh projects include the Pars
Petrochemical's ethanol production, ancillary services center of
Mobin Petrochemicals, fourth methanol of Zagros Petrochemicals,
fourth aromatics of Nouri Petrochemical, ammonia and fourth urea
of Pardis Petrochemicals, glycol ethylene of Farsa Chemicals,
first phase of the tenth olefin at Jam Petrochemicals and heavy
polyethylene of Mehr Petrochemicals.
In addition, the projects for acetic acid and carbon monoxide of
Fanavaran Petrochemicals, PTA/PET of Shahid Tondguyan, seventh
olefin of Maroun Petrochemicals, isocyanates of Karun
Petrochemicals and related ancillary services center of Fajr 1
Developments.
In Kermanshah Province, ammoniac and fifth urea of
Kermanshah Petrochemicals were among other projects that
have come on line in this period.