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Petrochemical Special Economic Zone Projects

Olefin No.6

Implemented by: Amir Kabir Petrochemical Company(public joint Stock)
Location : Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Area (Hectares): 55
Ownership: NPC 56%, Ministry or Petroleum
s Pension Fund 15%, Social Security Organization 20%,
National Pension Fund 4%, other investors 5%
Start date: 1998
Projected production date: 2004

Product slate
     '000 t/y

Product Intermediate    Final

Ethylene

520

70

Propylene

*

158

Butene-1

20

*

HDPE

*

140

LLDPE/HDPE

*

300

LDPE

*

300

PP*

*

158

Pyrolysis Gasoline

*

137

Butadiene

*

51

Fuel Oil

*

24

*The PP plant has been sold to local private company Navid Zar Chimie.

      2005/6/11  Iranian President Khatami inaugurated Olefin 6

NPC News Bulletin Apr.2003

Amir Kabir(Olefin No.6 ) starts up HDPE plant
http://www.nipc.net/npcnews/news38/projects.htm

NPC subsidiary Amir Kabir Petrochemical Company has successfully commissioned its 140,000-t/y high-density polyethylene (hdPE) plant. Precommissioning activities started in October 2002. In 22 February 2003, the plant started test production and has produced over 3,500 tonnes of hdPE. The plant's output has already found its way to the domestic market. The unit is the first facility in Amir Kabir's olefin complex to start up. The 520,000 t/y cracker plant is the next unit to start up later in 2003.

Situated in the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, the facility is slated to produce 160,000 t/y of polypropylene (PP), 300,000 t/y of linear low-density polyethylene (lldPE), 20,000 t/y of butene-1, 158,000 t/y of propylene (PP), 137,000 t/y of pyrolysis gasoline, 51,000 t/y of butadiene and 24,000 t/y of fuel oil.
The planned ethylene plant and other derivatives will start up in stages.
The PP plant has been sold to local private company Navid Zar Chimie.
Its required feedstock include ethane, butane, LPG, raffinate, C5 cut, light ends and butene-1. They will be supplied by the nearby Bandar imam and Buali Sina facilities. When fully operational, Amir Kabir will be run a manpower of 577.


NPC News Bulletin June-July 2004 (No.52)

Amir Kabir selects Basell process at LDPE
http://www.nipc.net/npcnews/news52/projects.htm

The NPC subsidiary Amir Kabir Petrochemical Co. (AKPC) has signed a licensing agreement to use
Basell's Lupotech T process for its 300,000 tonne/year low density polyethylene (ldPE) plant in Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in Bandar Imam, southwest of Iran. AKPC is responsible for implementing and operating NPC's Olefin No. 6 project. AKPC brought a 140,000 tonne/year high-density polyethylene (hdPE) plant onstream last year. The company is building a 520,000 tonne/year ethylene plant, a 51,000 tonne/year butadiene unit, a 20,000 tonne/year butene-1 unit. It will also produce 158,000 tonne/year of propylene and 300,000 tonne/year of linear low-density polyethylene (lldPE)/ high-density polyethylene (hdPE).


Platts 2005/1/10

S Korea's Daelim to build Iranian LDPE plant by late 2007

South Korea's Daelim Industrial Corp has clinched a Won 107.6-bil ($102.2-mil) contract to build a 300,000 mt/yr low-density polyethylene plant for Iran's Amir Kabir Petrochemical Co, Daelim said in a statement.

Amir Kabir is a subsidiary of Iran's National Petrochemical Co. Daelim Industrial will join hands with Britain's SembCorp Simon-Carves in building the factory on a turn-key basis to be built at Iran's 6th Olefin petrochemical complex in Bandar Imam, it said. The plant's construction would begin early this year, and its completion scheduled for late 2007.


NPC News Bulletin Aug-Sept. 2005 No.66

Amir Kabir lldPE up & running

Amir Kabir Petrochemical Co. (AKPC), a subsidiary of NPC, has brought onstream its
300,000 tonne/year linear low-density polyethylene (lldPE) plant at Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in Bandar Imam. Innovene, the subsidiary of BP's olefins and derivatives businesses, is the technology licensor for the facility. Engineering contractors are Technip of France and Enerchimi of Iran. AKPC had brought its 520,000 tonne/year cracker onstream back in May 2005. Its 51,000 tonne/year butadiene-extraction unit is also in production. Other derivative units which are already in operation include a 140,000 tonne/year high-density polyethylene (hdPE) unit and a 20,000 tonne/year butene-1 unit. AKPC also has a 300,000 tonne/year low-density polyethylene (ldPE) project at the same site whose project's engineering design is under way. The contract for the project was awarded to a consortium of Daelim of South Korea, SembCorp Simon-Carves of UK and Namvaran of Iran. AKPC is 56% owned by NPC, 15% by the Petroleum Ministry Pension & Welfare Fund, 20% by the Social Security Investment Co. and 9% by others.


2004年12月2日 中国・ASEANニュース速報

シンガポール・セムコープの子会社、イラン事業2件受注

 セムコープ・エンジニアズ・アンド・コントラクターズ(セムE&C)はこのほど、英子会社のセムコープ・サイモン・カーブス(SembCorp Simon-Carves=SSC)がイランの石油化学施設の設計・建設事業を2件受注したと発表した。受注額は計3億4,500万Sドル以上。

 1件はイラン国営ナショナル・ペトロケミカルの子会社
アミー・カビー(Amir Kabir)ペトロケミカルから受注。SSCと韓国の大林産業(Daelim Industrial)、イランのナムバラン(Namvaran)コンサルティング・エンジニアズなどからなるコンソーシアムが、バセルの低密度ポリエチレン工場(年産30万トン)を建設する。

 2件目は同じ国営企業の別子会社
パーズ(Pars)ペトロケミカルから受注した。SSCがイランのエナジー・インダストリーズ・エンジニアリング・アンド・デザインと組んだコンソーシアムは、BPのポリスチレン工場(年産25万トン)の建設を手掛ける。

 両事業とも、SSCは設計、設備の供給、建設を手掛ける。完工は2007年。


NPC News Bulletin Nov.2004 - No.57

Amir Kabir's B-1 kicks off production

The Amir Kabir Petrochemical Company's butene-1 plant has been brought onstream and has started production. The plant has an annual capacity of 20,000 tonnes . Its precommissioning and commissioning activities were completed by September 2004. Work is already underway to stabilize the plant's operational conditions. Amir Kabir will also produce 520,000 tonne/year of ethylene, 300,000 tonne/year of low-density polyethylene (ldPE), 51,000 tonne/year of butadiene, 158,000 tonne/year of propylene, 300,000 tonne/year of high-density polyethylene (hdPE)/linear low-density polyethylene (lldPE) and 137,000 tonne/year of pyrolysis gasoline.Amir kabir's 140,000 tonne/year HDPE plant is already onstream.


Engineering Polymers

Implemented by: Khuzestan Petrochemical Company(public Joint Stock)
Location : Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Area (Hectares): 10 hectares
Ownership: 100 % NPC
Start date: 1998
Projected production date: 2003

Product Slate '000 t/y

Product's Name Final

Polycarbonate epoxy Resin

25

Liquid Epoxy Resin

5

Solid Epoxy Resin

5

 

NPC News Bulletin Apr.2003

NPC's engineering polymers facility is forging ahead with its implementation activities expecting to start up in the third quarter of 2003. The facility is being implemented by Khuzestan Petrochemical Co. (KZPC) an NPC subsidiary .
The project is being developed in Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in an area of 10 hectares. It is wholly owned by NPC and will produce 25,000-t/y of polycarbonate epoxy resin, 5,000-t/y of liquid epoxy resin and 5,000-t/y of solid epoxy resin.
German engineering company Salzgitter has supplied technology and basic engineering for the plants. Namvaran of Iran and Noyvallesina of Italy are detailed engineering & procurement contractors for the project. It involves an investment of $198mn.
The plant will consume 2.5mm3/y of natural gas, 29,000t/y of caustic soda, 1,500-t/y of HCL, 9,500-t/y of chlorine, 8,000-t/y of acetone, 27,000-t/y of phenol and 5,000-t/y of epichlorohydrin. Acetone, phenol and epichlorohydrin will be imported while the remaining required raw materials are supplied domestically.

Five NPC Projects officially opened; Iran's petchem in blooming stage


Third Aromatics

Implemented by: Bouali Sina Petrochemical Co.(public Joint Stock)
Location: Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Area (Hectares): 31
Ownership: 100 % NPC
Start date: 1999
Projected production date: 2003


Product slate '000 t/y

Product   Final

Paraxylene

400

Orthoxylene

30

Benzene

179

LPG

39

Raffinate

199

Light ends

350

Heavy ends

488

Heavy Aromatics

23

C5 cut

21

Pyrolysis gasoline(heavy end)

11

2005/6/11  Iranian President Khatami inaugurated 3rd aromatics


Platts 2004/3/16

Iran's NPC to start up No 3 aromatics project by mid-2004

Iran's National Petrochemical Co has scheduled to commission its
No 3 aromatic complex in Bandar Imam Khomeini by July at the latest, and start commercial operations by October, a company source said Tuesday. NPC had initially scheduled to start up the plant in January this year.


NPC News Bulletin Jan-Feb.2005 No.61-62

NPC starts PX production at Aromatics No. 3

NPC has achieved on-spec paraxylene (PX) from its Aromatics No. 3 project in Bandar Imam. The facility started to yield on-spec product on 2 May 2005. Since then, it has been onstream with a purity of 99.83%. The project, which was implemented and is operated by NPC's subsidiary, Bou Ali Sina Petrochemical Co. has the capacity to produce 400,000 tonne/year of PX, 30,000 tonne/year of orthoxylene, 179,000 tonne/year of benzene. The PX output is meant to feed two 350,000 tonne/year purified terephthalic acid (PTA) units at the same site. The facility also produces 199,000 tonne/year of raffinate, 23,000 tonne/year of heavy aromatics, 39,000 tonne/year of LPG, 350,000 tonne/year of light ends, 488,000 tonne/year of heavy ends and 21,000 tonne/year of C5 cut per year. It consumes condensates as well as pyrolysis gasoline as its feedstock which are supplied by the nearby Olefin No. 6. The first phase of the plant, including the pre-fractionation unit, was completed and brought onstream in late 2003, and the second phase was completed in the third quarter of 2004. Implementation activities at the plant commenced in early 2000. The project's output is used for the production of PTA, which is used as feed to produce polyester polymer. It is also used to produce pharmaceuticals, insecticides, styrene monomer, ethylbenzene, LAB, phenol which is feed for producing nylon, solvents and a number of other chemicals.


Third Methanol

Implemented by: Fanavaran Petrochemical Co(Public Joint Stock)
Location: Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Area (Hectares): 15
Ownership: 100 % NPC
Start date: 1999
Projected production date: 2003

Product Slate
   '000 t/y

Product's Name  Final
Methanol  1000

NPC's third methanol facility, is under construction at Petrochemical Special Economic Zone near Mahshahr. The plant, which is being implemented by Fanavaran Petrochemical Co. has a capacity of 1m tonne/year. It is already 98% complete and is expected to come onstream in early 2004. The complex will consume 610,000 tonne/year of natural gas and 330,000 tonne/year of CO2 which will be supplied locally.
Fanavaran is also building a
150,000 tonne/year acetic acid project and a 140,000 tonne/year carbon monoxide (CO) unit downstream of the methanol plant. Both of these plants are slated to come onstream by the end of 2004. About three-quarters of the methanol plant's capacity will be exported while 82,000 tonne/year of its output will feed its acetic acid plant. It will also supply Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex with 178,000 tonne/year of methanol.

Five NPC Projects officially opened; Iran's petchem in blooming stage


methanol-to-propylene (MTP)

Implemented by: Fanavaran Petrochemical Co(Public Joint Stock)
Location: Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Ownership: 100 % NPC

Product Slate
   '000 t/y

Product's Name  Final
propylene  120
LPG  25.2
gasoline  45.6

NPC News Bulletin March-April 2006

Work continues on NPC
s MTP plant

Land preparation and piling work has been stepped up at the NPC
s methanol-to-propylene (MTP) pilot plant project at the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, Bandar Imam. The pilot plant is being developed jointly by NPCs research arm Petrochemical R&T Co. and Lurgi of Germany. The MTP project is based on Lurgis technology. Meanwhile, Fanavaran Petrochemical Co., another NPC subsidiary, is implementing a MTP project in commercial scale for the first time ever in the world. The plant is slated to have a capacity of 100,000 tonne/year. The feed for the project will be sourced from Fanavarans 1m tonne/year methanol plant. The MTP process is implemented in a fixed-bed adiabatic reactor system in which the methanol is converted to propylene in the presence of steam. A contract is made for the grant of license and basic engineering for this project. Basic engineering will be completed by the end of July 06. Preparations are already underway to float tender documents for an engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning (EPCC) contract. Most of the worldwide propylene production is based on petroleum. The Lurgi process obtains propylene from methanol produced from natural gas. Fanavaran is also operating a 140,000 tonne/year CO plant. Besides, it is implementing a 150,000 tonne/year acetic acid which is already in commissioning stage. A vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant is also planned to be constructed at Fanavaran.

Feb.2006 NO.69

Fanavaran kicks off implementation work at methanol-to-propylene plant

Implementation work has been kicked off for Fanavaran Petrochemical
s methanol-to-propylene (MTP) plant. The plant is slated to produce 120,000 tonne/year of propylene. The complex is also planned to yield 25,200 tonne/year of LPG and 45,600 tonne/year of gasoline.

March 7, 2005 Lurgi

Propylene Plant on the Basis of Methanol (MTPR) in Iran

Lurgi and Petrochemical Research and Technology Company of Iran have signed a contract with Fanavaran Petrochemical Company for a basic engineering, the license and the delivery of proprietary equipment for a methanol-to-propylene plant. In a second step, the detail engineering and erection works will be tendered. The plant with an annual capacity of 100,000 tons of propylene is to go on stream in early 2009. The plant location will be the Bandar Imam Special Economic Petrochemical Zone.

This plant represents the first industrial-scale application of Lurgi
s proprietary MTPR process. The maturity of this process was already proven in a demonstration plant built with Statoil in Norway. The contract secured in Iran involves the construction of the first industrial-scale propylene plant on the basis of methanol.


VAM

Implement by: Fanavaran Petrochemical Company(Public joint Stock)
Location: Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Ownership: 100 % NPC

Product Slate '000t/y

Product Final

VAM     

    150

Jan-Feb 2001
Fanavaran Petrochemical Co. (FPC), a subsidiary of NPC, has floated tender documents for a vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) plant. The tenders call for provision of technology license, basic and detailed engineering, and equipment.
FPC will pick up a contractor by March 20, the end of the current Iranian year.
The 150,000-t/y VAM project will be built in a 3 hectares area next to Methanol No.3 and acetic acid plants within the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone (PETZONE) on the Iranian coast of the Persian Gulf. It will use acetic acid, ethylene and oxygen as its feed that will be supplied by the neighboring plants.


Acetic Acid & CO

Implement by: Fanavaran Petrochemical Company(Public joint Stock)
Location: Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Area (Hectares): 3 (CO) & 4 (Acetic Acid)
Ownership: NPC(50%),Social Security Organization(17%),Retirement Organization (18%),Petroleum Ministry Retirement & Welfare Fund(15%)
Start date: 2001
Projected production date: 2004

Product Slate '000t/y

Product Intermediate Final

Carbon Monoxide (CO)

140

58

Acetic Acid

--

150

 

NPC News Bulletin July 2005 No.65

Fanavaran commissions its CO plant

Fanavaran Petrochemical Co. commissions its carbon monoxide (CO) plant at the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone (Petzone) in Bandar Imam, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf. The plant has an output capacity of 140,000 tonne/year. The lion's share of the plant's output will be earmarked for the production of 150,000 tonne/year acetic acid facility at the same site in Petzone. Fanavaran already has a 1m tonne/year methanol plant in operation. Fanavaran's stake holders include NPC (50%), Social Security Organization (17%), the National Pension Fund (18%) and Petroleum Ministry Pension and Welfare Fund (15%).


Feb.2006 NO.69

Fanavaran acetic acid plant in commissioning stage; Production expected soon

Work is in progress on NPC
s 150,000 tonne/year acetic acid plant in Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in Bandar Imam. The plant is already in commissioning stage and is expected to start production by April 2006. The plants output will feed a vinyl acetate monomer (VAM) which is being constructed at the same site and two PTA plants at the nearby Shahid Tondguyan Petrochemical Co. site. Besides the acetic acid plant, NPC subsidiary Fanavaran Petrochemical Co. is implementing a carbon monoxide (CO) plant, a methanol-to-propylene (MTP) facility and a VAM plant. The CO unit is already onstream yielding CO at a purity of 99.8% It is also operating a 1m tonne/year methanol plant which is located at the same site with an area of 25 hectares. The acetic acid plant is based on the Ukrainian Kimtechnologiya technology. Germanys Salzgiter is providing the license and is also the plants basic engineering contractor. Detailed engineering and supply of equipment is done by a consortium of LG of Korea and OIEC of Iran. Iranian contractors are responsible for industrial civil, erection and precommissioning work.


2nd PTA/PET

Implemented by: Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical Co.(Public Joint Stock)
Location: Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Area (Hectares): 18
Ownership:
NPC (85%),Petrolume Ministry Retirement & Welfare Fund (15%)
Start date: 2000
Projected production date:
2008

Product slate   '000t/y

Product Intermediate   Final

PTA

350

10

PET( Fiber Grade)

--

132

PET( Bottle Grade)

--

132

Pet Poy

--

132

 

Feb.2006 NO.69

Shahid Tondgouyan starts up its No 2 PTA project

Shahid Tondguyan Petrochemical Co. (STPC) has started up its second purified terephthalic acid (PTA) project. The 350,000 tonne/year PTA plant is located at the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, Bandar Imam, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf. Downstream of this PTA plant is a 400,000 tonne/year polyethylene terephthalate (PET) facility. The PET plant is already 91% complete. Erection work is being carried out at the plant in tandem with the precommissioning activity. STPC expects to bring onstream consecutively the plants three bottle and fiber grade lines from mid 2006. The overall progress at the No 2 PTA/PET plant is over 95.2% and it is anticipated to be fully operational by Q4 of 2006. Before the PET plant is completed, STPC will export output from the PTA plant. Shahid Tondgouyan operates another 350,000 tonne/year PTA plant at site No 1, which came onstream in May last year. When fully onstream, STPC will produce 800,000 tonne/year of PET.


1st PTA/PET

Implemented by: Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical Co.(Public Joint Stock)
Location: Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Ownership: NPC 85% , Ministry of Petroleum
s Pension Fund 15%
Pproduction date: Q2-2004

Product slate   '000t/y

Product   capacity

PTA

350

PET( Fiber Grade)

235

PET( Bottle Grade)

177

2005/6/11  Iranian President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami inaugurated PTA project

NPC News Bulletin 2004/Jan-Feb

Shahid Tondguyan to bring onstream PET/PTA-1 in Q2 '04
http://www.nipc.net/npcnews/news47-48/projects.htm

Shahid Tondguyan Petrochemical Company (STPC), an NPC subsidiary, is planning to bring onstream its No.1 polyethylene terephthalate (PET) and purified terephthalic acid (PTA) plants in the second quarter of 2004. The two plants will be commissioned in the first quarter of 2004.
The PET-1 project has a capacity of 412,000 tonne/year, consisting of a 235,000 tonne/year of fiber-grade line and a 177,000 tonne/year of bottle-grade line. The PTA-1 facility has an annual output of 350,000 tonnes. The integrated No.1 PET/PTA project is situated in Petrochemical Special Economic Zone.

STPC plans to commission its second PET/PTA complex in Q4 of 2004 with startup planned for Q1 of 2005. The PET/PTA-2 is already 69% complete.
It will consist of a PTA unit with a capacity of 350,000 tonne/year and three lines of PET with a combined output capacity of 396,000 tonne/year consisting of a bottle-grade line, a fiber-grade line and a partially oriented polyester yarn (POY) line.
Paraxylene (PX) feedstock will be sourced from the NPC's subsidiaries, Bandar Imam and Bouali Sina companies, while ethylene glycol (EG) will come from Arak Petrochemical and partly from abroad.When Olefin No.7 or Marun Petrochemical Co.is completed ,it will supply all the required EG.Acetic acid will be supplied by Fanavaran company, another NPC subsidiary.


NPC News Bulletin Aug-Sept. 2005 No.66

2nd line of Shahid Tondguyan PET plant onstream

NPC has brought onstream the second line of its first polyethylene terephthalate (PET-1) plant which is located at the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone. The
117,000 tonne/year fibre grade PET is in production line with a utilization rate of 70% and high-quality product. NPC subsidiary, Shahid Tondguyan Petrochemical Co. (STPC), operates the facility. The PET-1 plant consists of four PET lines. STPC brought onstream the first line of its PET plant earlier in 2005. It produces 60,000 tonne/year PET-bottle grade chips. The remaining two lines are already in precommissioning stage. Overall, STPC first PTA/PET plant will produce 237,000 tonne/year of fiber grade PET, 177,000 tonne/year of bottle grade PET and 350,000 tonne/year of purified terephthalic acid (PTA). STPC's second PTA/PET facility will consist of 350,000 tonne/year of PTA, 132,000 tonne/year of fiber grade PET, 132,000 tonne/year of bottle grade PET, 66,000 tonne/year of partially oriented yarns or POY and 66,000 tonne/year of staple.


Olefin No.7

Implemented by: Marun Petrochemical Company(public Joint Stock)
             → SABIC JV → pending

Location: Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Area (Hectares):102.5 hectares(93 hectares in petrochemical special Economic zone
  9.5 hectares in Ahwaz )
Ownership:80:20 joint venture between NPC and the Oil Pension Fund
      LDPE a joint venture between sabic EuroPetrochemicals B.V(30%),pooshineh Baft (25%)
           and NPC (45%)
Start date: 2000
Projected Production date:2004

Product slate
   '000t/y

Product Intermediate  Final

Ethylene

1,100

216

Propylene

200

-

HDPE

- 

300

LDPE

- 

300

Polypropylene

- 

300

Pyrolysis Gasoline

- 

83

Ethylene Glycols*

--

443

     *400,000 tonne/year of monoethylene glycol (MEG),
      40,000 tonne/year of diethylene glycol (DEG) and
       2,800 tonne/year of triethylene glycol (TEG).

NPC News Bulletin July 2005 No.65

HDPE; cracker plants of Olefin No.7 prepare for commissioning

NPC expects to start up the high-density polyethylene (hdPE) plant of its Olefin No. 7 by October 2005. The precommissioning work on the plant is already 80% complete. Major pieces of equipment of the hdPE plant have been erected. The ethylene feed for the precommissioning stage will be sourced from Bandar Imam and Amir Kabir complexes. Meanwhile, precommissioning activity on the facility's 1.1m tonne/year cracker is already 65% finished and it is expected to be commissioned by November 2005. The plant's main compressor and 6 of its furnaces have been commissioned. The remaining two furnaces will be operational by the end of August. Construction and erection work is 94% complete at the polypropylene plant. It is slated to be commissioned by December 2005.
Facilities downstream of Olefins No. 7 include a 300,000 tonne/year high-density polyethylene (hdPE) unit, a 300,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) unit and an ethylene glycol/ethylene oxide (EG/EO) unit that would produce 50,000 tonne/year of ethylene oxide (EO) and 443,000 tonne/year of ethylene glycol (EG). It will also produce 200,000 tonne/year of propylene and 83,000 tonne/year of pyrolysis gasoline. Marun Petrochemical Co., an 80:20 joint venture between NPC and Oil Ministry Pension Fund, is handling the Olefin No. 7 project.


NPC News Bulletin Aug-Sept. 2005 No.66

Marun's cracker, hdPE pick up steam for production

The 1.1m tonne/year Olefins No. 7 cracker and its derivative high-density polyethylene (hdPE) unit are on the verge of coming onstream. All the compressor and furnaces at the cracker complex are ready for operation and flares will come osntream within days. Currently, 75% of precommissioning work has been completed. Marun's ethane recovery plant is already in trial run with the natural gas it produces being injected into the national gas grid. The cracker is expected to start production in December. The ethane recovery plant, located near the city of Ahwaz, the provincial capital of Khuzestan province, produces 1.9m tonne/year of ethane which will be piped to cracker plant in the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone. In the meantime, commissioning work is gaining momentum at the facility's 300,000 tonne/year hdPE plant. The plant's bagging system and the granulation unit have been successfully tested. The required hdPE product for trial test was supplied from another NPC subsidiary Bandar Imam Petrochemical Co. Some 250 tonnes of hdPE was used for the test. Other facilities downstream of Olefins No. 7 are a 300,000 tonne/year polypropylene unit and an ethylene glycol/ethylene oxide (EG/EO) unit that will produce 443,000 tonne/year of EGs. Marun Petrochemical, an 80:20 joint venture between NPC and the Oil Pension Fund is handling the Olefins No. 7 project.

Feb.2006 NO.69

Maruns hdPE plant onstream

NPC subsidiary Marun Petrochemical has started up production at its 300,000 tonne/year high-density polyethylene (hdPE) plant at Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in Bandar Imam. Marun had earlier brought onstream its
1.9m tonne/year C2+ recovery plant which is situated in the city of Ahwaz. The plants ethylene feedstock is currently supplied by Amir Kabir and Bandar Imam complexes. The plant will be fed by Maruns own ethylene unit when it is completed. The extruder of Maruns polypropylene (PP) plant has been started up. The PP plant is expected to be brought onstream soon. Maruns ethylene glycols (EGs) plant is also ready for start-up. The plant will start receiving feed as soon as required guarantees are issued by the vendor. Marun Petrochemical Co. is an 80:20 joint venture between NPC and the Oil Pension Fund Investment Co. When fully functional, it will produce 1.81m tonnes of saleable products including 516,000 tonne/year of ethylene, 300,000 tonne/year of high density polyethylene, 300,000 tonne/year of polypropylene, 83,000 tonne/year of pyrolysis gasoline, 443,000 tonne/year of ethylene glycols and 168,000 tonne/year of C3+ cuts.


March 25, 2004 - IranMania

Iran,Saudi joint venture to boost exports
http://www.iranmania.com/News/ArticleView/Default.asp?NewsCode=23607&NewsKind=BusinessEconomy

Iran and Saudi Arabia established a 50-50 joint venture company to export Iranian petrochemicals in order to boost the countrys market share in the world, an informed source with the state-owned National Iranian Petrochemical Co (NIPC) said here Tuesday.

Saudi Arabia
s leading global petrochemical company, Saudi Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) has agreed to cooperate with Iran for marketing and selling Irans petrochemical products, especially Marun Petrochemical Company (MPC)polymer products, both in domestic and international markets, he said.

The joint investment aims to sell one of MPC
s polymer producing units, which is to come on stream late in the next Iranian calendar year of 1384 (ending March 21, 2006), the source said.

State-run MPC, an NIPC subsidiary Located in Bandar Imam Port southern Iran, is to supply the JV with its 50 percent of polymer products while the rest is set to meet domestic needs, he added.

Iran has widely scheduled to boost its petrochemical producing capabilities and the country
s export capacity is estimated to increase rapidly, the source said, adding that the joint investment, regarding SABICs valuable experiences would play a significant role in maintaining the two sidescustomers.

SABIC, established by a Royal decree in 1976, is among the leading global petrochemical companies in terms of sales and product diversity. Headquartered in Riyadh, it is also the Middle East's largest non-oil industrial company.


Sell2Arabia 2004/7/29

Saudi Arabia & Iran to finalise Petrochemical joint venture
http://www.sell2arabia.com/NewsDetail.asp?NewsId=1281

The Saudi Arabian Basic Industries Corporation (SABIC) and Iran's Marun Petrochemical Company are expected to finalise a joint venture agreement within the next two months. This is the first joint venture between SABIC and the Iranian company, the two petrochemical giants in the region. SABIC is world player in the petrochemical sector and Iran is endeavouring to raise its production manifolds to exploit the natural riches of the region. After finalisation, SABIC would own 50 per cent of the seventh olefin project, currently under construction and will also undertake half of the total cost of the project, which is expected to produce 1.1 million tonnes of ethylene as intermediate product, as well as 1.35 million tonnes of polymers. The project has been reported as 90.46 per cent complete by the end of first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year. This unit will increase the Iranian annual olefin production by four per cent to six per cent. In March 2004, it was made known that SABIC has agreed to co-operate with Iran for marketing and selling Iran's petrochemical products, especially from Marun, both in the domestic and international markets.


Platts 2004/10/21

SABIC-Iran cracker, integrated complex joint venture plan stalls

The proposed joint venture between Saudi Arabia Basic Industries Corp and Iran's National Petrochemical Co, where SABIC was to
take a 50% stake in NPC's subsidiary Maroun Petrochemical Co, has reached an impasse, confirmed SABIC's Vice Chairman and CEO, Mohamed Al Mady, Wednesday.

In Iran, SABIC was assessing three to four potential JV at one go, as the company was not able to iron out several issues with NPC, it decided to put talks on hold.


Fajr Centralized Utility Plant

Implemented by: Fajr Petrochemical Co.(private Joint Stock)
Location: Petrochemical Special Economic Zone
Area (Hectares): 30
Ownership: 100 % NPC
Starting date: 1999
Anticipated production date: 2003

Product slate

Product  Final

Electricity

585 MW

Steam

860 t/h

RO Water

4680 m3/h

DM Water

980 m3/h

Service Water

400 m3/h

Portable Water

250 m3/h

Service Air

 16500 Normal m3/h

Instrument Air

15000 Normal m3/h

Nitrogen

18000 Normal m3/h

Oxygen

19000 Normal m3/h

Five NPC Projects officially opened; Iran's petchem in blooming stage

 


2008/10/24

Iran's NIPC and German Uhde GmbH ink petrochem agreement 

National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC) and Germany's Uhde GmbH have inked a petrochem deal for dehydrogenated propane plant with capacity to produce 350,000 tons. The plant is to be located in Imam Khomeini Port in Iran's Khuzestan province. The total value of the contract is 25 million euros and it will take 42 months to be completed. The plant will secure feedstock propane from Imam Khomeini Petrochemical Complex.


Rejal Petrochemical Company   最初の民間事業

    立地:Khuzestan provincial city of Mahshahr(Bandar Imam Special Economical Zone )

    PP  90,000t その後160,000tに増強予定
    第二期で
methanol-to-olefins技術でプロピレン製造予定

November 26, 2006 Islamic Republic News Agency

First private petrochemical complex due to come on stream

The first private petrochemical unit in the country is due to come on stream in Khuzestan provincial city of Mahshahr(Bandar Imam Special Economical Zone ), head of board of directors in Rejal Petrochemical Company told reporters here on Saturday.

Ali Mohammad Rejali said in the first phase of the complex to be inaugurated next week concurrent with the auspicious birth anniversary of Imam Reza (A.S.), 90,000 tons of poly propylene is to be produced.

He added that Isfahani investors have expended an amount of rls 950 billion for the complex and its development plan so far.

He stated during the first stage of the complex development plan, the production rate is expected to reach 160,000 tons. It is also scheduled to produce propylene gas from the natural "methanol" gas utilizing a modern technology in the next steps.


Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone

Ehtane recovery and styrene monomer plants

Implemented by: Pars Petrochemical Company(Private Joint Stock)
Location: Pars Special economic / Energy Zone
Area (Hectares): 20.2
Ownership: 100 % NPC
Start date: 2000
Projected production date: 2004-5

Product slate
   '000 t/y

Product's Name  Final

Ethane

1,600

ethylbenzene

645

Styrene

600

PS
GP 100HI 100
EPS 50

250

Benzene

6

Toluene

14

Propane

980

Buthane

570

Mixed C5+

86

NPC Aug. 2004 (No.54)

Pars expected to be completed by Q1 '06
http://www.nipc.net/npcnews/news54/projects.htm

Pars Petrochemical Complex is expected to be completed by March 2006. The complex is being developed by the NPC subsidiary, Pars Petrochemical Co., at Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone in Assaluyeh, south of Iran. The facility consists of a C2+ recovery and fractionation plant, a 645,000 tonne/year ethyl benzene unit, a 600,000 tonne/year styrene monomer plant and a 250,000 tonne/year polystyrene unit. Pars will also produce 1.6m tonne/year of ethane, 980,000 tonne/year of propane, 570,000 tonne/year of butane, 86,000 tonne/year of mixed C5+, 14,000 tonne/year of toluene and 6,000 tonne/year of benzene. It will consume 19,782,000 tonne/year of natural gas which will be sourced from the South Pars gas field, 470,000 tonne/year of benzene supplied by Borzuyeh and Buali Sina companies and 175,000 tonne/year of ethylene supplied by the nearby Arya Sasol Petrochemical Co.  


Feb.2006 NO.69

Assaluyeh C2+ recovery onstream

NPC has brought onstream its C2+ at the Petrochemical Special Economic Energy Zone, Assaluyeh. The plant was implemented and is operated by Pars Petrochemical Co. It produces
1.6m tonne/year of ethane, 980,000 tonne/year of propane, 570,000 tonne/year of butane and 86,000 tonne/year of pentane plus.

Work is progressing at full speed on Arya Sasol polymer project, also known as 9th olefin plant, in the Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone in Assaluyeh, south of Iran. The project is being constructed and will be operated by Arya Sasol Polymer Co., a 50:50 joint venture between NPC and Sasol. The facility will produce 1,000,000 tonne/year of ethylene of which 600,000 will be for captive use and the remaining 400,000 will be final product; 300,000 tonne/year of medium-density/high-density polyethylene (mdPE/hdPE); 300,000 tonne/year of low-density polyethylene (ldPE), and 90,000 tonne/year of C3 and above. It will use 1.267m tonne/year of ethane as feed which will be sourced by the neighboring Pars Petrochemical Co. Arya Sasol's ethylene plant will provide feed for the downstream plastic and styrene units. The surplus ethylene will be earmarked for export. The plant's basic and detailed engineering work as well as equipment and material delivery have been completed. Construction work is already 75% complete. In the ldPE unit, process design has been completed and package is delivered. Basic engineering has also finished. Detailed engineering and procurement work is 82% complete. Material delivery is in progress while civil construction has already begun. The process design for the mdPE/hdPE plant has been completed and the respective package is delivered. The plant's detailed engineering work and procurement services are 81% complete. Civil construction activities have started at the site. The engineering work for the offsite project is almost finished. The plant will supply utilities to the ethylene cracker, mdPE/hdPE, ldPE of Arya Sasol and ethyle benzene and styrene monomer of Pars Petrochemical Co. Procurement services have registered 91% progress. Material delivery is in progress and civil construction work has already started.

EB

NPC awarded Daelim of Korea and Chagalesh of Iran the contract to build an ethylbenzene (EB) plant in Assaluyeh, south of Iran for its subsidiary Pars Petrochemical Company.
The
645,000 tonne/year capacity plant is scheduled to be completed in 23 months. It will consume 175,000 tonne/year of ethylene which will be supplied by No. 9 olefins project and 470,000 tonne/year of benzene from the nearby NPC's No 4 aromatics project.
Utilities for the EB plant will be provided by Mobin Petrochemical Co.


NPC Aug. 2004 (No.54)

NPC breaks ground on ethyl benzene project
http://www.nipc.net/npcnews/news54/projects.htm

Implementation work has officially begun for the construction of the ethyl benzene plant of the NPC subsidiary Pars Petrochemical Co. (PPC) in Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone.
PPC broke ground on the project in a ceremony attended by the NPC President, M. R. Nematzadeh, Mr. Baek Ki-moon, the Ambassador of the Republic of Korea to Tehran and Yong Koo Lee, President and CEO of Daelim Industrial Co.
The plant is licensed by Polimeri Europa of Italy. It has
a capacity of 645,000 tonne/year. The engineering, procurement, construction and commissioning activities are being done in the framework of an EPCC contract that PPC awarded to the consortium of Chagalesh Consulting Engineers of Iran and Daelim Industrial Company of the Republic of Korea. The contract was signed on May 20, 2003. An Early Work Agreement was created on June 23, 2003 with the contractors to help the project go forward for a period of six months. This agreement entered force on August 4, 2003 under which early work activities were kicked off. The main financing arrangement became effective on July 21, 2004. The contractual completion period is 20 months from the effective date.


NPC News Bulletin Dec.2004-No.58

NPC picks contractor for its Pars PS plant

The National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has awarded the contract for the polystyrene project of its subsidiary, Pars Petrochemical Company (PPC) to SembCorp Simon-Carves of UK and (EIED) of Iran. The contract calls for provision of license, basic and detailed engineering, procurement and supply of equipment, erection, construction, precommissioning, commissioning, start up and performance tests. The plant will be built in Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf. It will produce
250,000 tonne/year of polystyrene. The plant, one of the largest in the world, will consist of two lines of general-purpose polystyrene (GPPS) and High-impact polystyrene (HIPS) each with an annual capacity of 100,000 tonne and a line of expandable polystyrene with a capacity of 50,000 tonne/year. The plant will consume 233,000 tonne/year of styrene monomer as feedstock which will be sourced from the PPC's styrene monomer plant. The project is scheduled to be completed in 36 months. In the meantime, the utilities for the project will be provided by another NPC subsidiary Mobin Petrochemical Company. Output from the plant will be marketed to both the domestic and export markets. PPC is responsible for implementing the project. It will operate the project when it is completed.


Olefin No.10

Implemented by: Jam Petrochemical Co(Private Joint Stock)
Location: Pars Special Economic / Energy Zone
Area (Hectares): 77
Ownership:
NPC (49%) , Social Security Organization (26%) ,Retirement Organization (25%)
Start date: 2000
Projected production date: 2004-2005

Products Quantity: 1000 Tons / Year

Product Intermediate  Final

Ethylene

1,320

220

Propylene

320

20

LLDPE/HDPE

+

300

HDPE

+

300

Polypropylene

+

300

Ethylene glycols

+

443

Alfa Olefins

200

168

Raw Pyrolysis Gasoline

+

216

Fuel Oil

+

40

Butadiene 1&3

+

64

Cracked gazoline

+

4

ABS     200

An Iranian private company called Farsa Chimi Co. holds a 100% stake in Jam's EGs plant
while another Iranian private company,
Sadra, has a 51% in its PP facility.


NPC News Bulletin July 2005 No.65

Jam readies for precommissioning its HDPE plant

NPC subsidiary, Jam Petrochemical Co. is gearing up to precommission its 300,000 tonne/year high-density polyethylene (hdPE) unit at Assaluyeh, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf. Construction and erection work on Jam's hdPE unit has already been completed.
Meanwhile, work is in progress on Jam's 1.3m tonne/year cracker and its downstream units which include a 300,000 tonne/year polypropylene (PP) unit, a 300,000 tonne/year linear low-density polyethylene (lldPE)/hdPE unit, a 320,000 propylene plant, a 300,000 hdPE unit, a 443,000 ethylene glycols (EGs) facility and a 216,000 pyrolysis gasoline unit.
Jam is also slated to produce Alfa olefins, 1-3 butadiene and acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS).
Overall, the erection work for the entire Jam complex is over 82% complete and its total physical progress is over 92%. The erection activity is over 56% complete for the olefin plant.
An Iranian private company called
Farsa Chimi Co. holds a 100% stake in Jam's EGs plant while another Iranian private company, Sadra, has a 51% in its PP facility.


2008/6/16

Jam Petrochemical Complex
s 10th olefin project inaugurated

Jam Petrochemical Complex's Tenth olefin project, the world
s largest of its kind, will be officially inaugurated on Tuesday in Assaluyeh region, southern Iran.

Jam petrochemical
s tenth olefin projects executive operation was started in the Persian calendar year 1379 (March 20, 2000-March 20, 2001) with the aim of producing yearly 3.3 million tones of Ethylene, propylene, high density polyethylene (HDPE), low density polyethylene (LDPE) and other byproducts in Assaluyeh.

The major contractors of the project are France
s Technip Company, Germanys Krupp Uhde Company, Italys Technimont Company, and Irans Nargan and Sazeh companies.

Farsa Chimie Company (FCC) as a large scale manufacturer of Ethylene Glycols (EG) mainly Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG), a starting material essentially for production of Poly Ethylene Terephthalate (PET) polyester and for antifreeze formulation put into operation in Dec 2007.

Currently, FCC plant is under operation in an area of 11 hectares at Jam Petrochemical Complex which is located in Assaluyeh on the coastline of the Persian Gulf. By making use of advanced technology the company has the capacity to produce annually 400 Kt/y Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG), 40 Kt/y Di Ethylene Glycol (DEG), 2.8 Kt/y Tri Ethylene Glycol (TEG) to meet the growing global demand and export to international markets.

The primary design case is based on production of MEG as the main product and DEG and TEG as by-products. In addition, the plant is designed for purification of 50 Kt/y HP Ethylene Oxide (EO) as a future project and also is capable to recycle part of DEG to the glycol reaction in order to increase the TEG production.

Jam Petrochemical Complex (JPC) is responsible for implementing of the 10th olefin project in an area of 77 hectares which more than 40 hectares has been reclaimed from the sea. This company will be one of country
s largest olefin plants with the final production capacity of 1,320 Kt/y including HDPE, LDPE, BD, and PP.


Olefin No. 12

Location: Pars Special Economic / Energy Zone

Products Quantity: 1000 Tons / Year

Product  capacity

Ethylene

1,900

LLDPE/HDPE

300

MEG

660

DEG

70

Polypropylene

300

Benzene

388

Toluen

196

mixed Xylene

128

Propylene(excess)

545

Butadiene

277

Fuel gas

752

Fuel oil

979

  downsizes

600,000 tpa ethylene
350,000 tpa propylene
no polyolefins

NPC Aug. 2004 (No.54)

ITBs to be issued for No.12 ethylene
http://www.nipc.net/npcnews/news54/projects.htm

NPC will soon issue invitation-to-bid (ITB) documents to interested contractors for its worldscale No. 12 olefins project, which will be built at the Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone in Assaluyeh. The complex will consist of the world's biggest ethylene cracker with a capacity of 1.9m tonne/year. Planned capacities downstream of the complex include 300,000 tonne/year of high-density polyethylene (hdPE)/linear low-density polyethylene (lldPE), 640,000 tonne/year of monoethylene glycol (MEG), 70,000 tonne/year of diethylene glycol (DEG), 300,000 tonne/year of polypropylene (PP), 388,000 tonne/year of benzene, 196,000 tonne/year of toluene, 128,000 tonne/year of mixed xylene, 545,000 tonne/year of excess propylene, 277,000 tonne/year of butadiene and 845,000 tonne/year of fuel oil.


2008/11/13 ICIS news

Iran downsizes Olefins No 12, omits polymers

Iran's National Petrochemical Co (NPC) plans to scale down the planned capacity at its Olefins No 12 project at Assaluyeh and modify its feedstock and downstream slate, a senior company official said on Thursday.

"We are looking to produce
600,000 tonnes/year of ethylene and 350,000 tonnes/year of propylene," said Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi, NPC's director for planning and development, on the sidelines of the ICIS World Polymers Conference.

The project, due on stream in 2013, had earlier looked at producing 1.8m tonnes/year of ethylene and 900,000 tonnes/year of propylene and also polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP).

The project would now
not include any polymer production, but would use ethylene and propylene to feed other derivative projects.

"The reason we have reduced the capacities is that margins for polymers are on the decline and because we would like to diversify our product slate," Peyvandi said.

The company has also decided to use only condensate feedstock for the cracker rather than a mix of condensate and heavy-end feed, he said. The condensate would be sourced from the South Pars gas field in southern Iran, he said.

"There is better economics in heavy-end oil products, so we would rather secure 1m tonnes/year of heavy-end oil products from the cracker rather than use the heavy end as feedstock," Peyvandi said.

The project would also include aromatics production, he said.

"We are looking to produce 700,000 tonnes/year of paraxylene, 100,000 tonnes/year of orthoxylene and around 300,000 tonnes/year of benzene at the project," he said.


2007/4/11 Tehran Times

China eager to invest $2.7b in Olefin 12: NPC

National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Managing Director Gholam-Hossein Nejabat here Tuesday said that China was keen to make a 2.7 billion dollar investment in Olefin 12 plan in Iran.

Talking after an East Asia-Pacific states forum, he said the Iranian and Chinese officials held new round of negotiations, whose main topics revolved around a
2.7 billion dollar investment in Olefin 12 plan and investment in downstream and upstream oil projects in Iran. Nejabat said, China is the first country the Iranian party will pay a visit to hold official talks.


Fourth Aromatics

Implemented by: Borzuyeh Petrochemical Company(private Joint Stock)
Location: Pars Special Economic / Energy Zone
Area (Hectares): 69
Ownership: 100 % NPC
Start date: 2000
Projected production date: 2005

Product slate '000 t/y

Product Final

Benzene

430

Paraxylene

750

Orthoxylene

100

Light ends

680

Heavy ends

 2,000

Raffinate

380

Heavy Aromatics

16

LPG

76

C5 +

47


NIPC News Bulletin No.78 April,May,June,July 2007

Largest world-scale aromatic plant inaugurated

President Mahmud Ahmadinejad inaugurated Borzuyeh Petrochemical Complex, the world's largest aromatic plant, in South Pars Special Economic / Energy Zone, south of Iran.
Borzuyeh Petrochemical Co., a subsidiary of NPC, has now started up its 4,458,000 tons a year of aromatic plant.
The main products of this complex are paraxylene, benzene and orthoxylene with the annual production of 1,280,000 tons.
The by-products of Borzuyeh Petrochemical Co., with a yearly production of 3,178,000 tons include C5 cut, LPG, Light Ends, Heavy Ends, Raffinate and Heavy Aromatics which are either used as the feed for neighboring petrochemical plants such as the Jam petrochemical complex, or exported overseas.
The required feedstock, consisting of 4,500,000 tons a year of condensates and 270,000 tons a year of pyrolysis gasoline, will be sourced from Phases 1, 2 ,3 of the South Pars gas field, and olefin No. 10 and other petrochemical complexes, respectively.
The first 20,000-ton-consignment of heavy ends was exported overseas at the beginning days of the new Iranian year (started March 21, 2007).
A consortium of Toyo of Japan, LG of South Korea, and Sazeh of Iran, based on licensed technologies acquired from Toray of Japan and IFP of France through an EP contract, built the Borzuyeh Complex in an area of 61 hectares in South Pars Special Economic / Energy Zone, south of Iran on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf.
Speaking at the inaugural ceremony for the 4th aromatic plant in Assaluyeh, south of Iran, President Ahmadinejad and his Venezuelan counterpart President Hugo Chavez pointed out " we as two united countries will build a better world." Ahmadinejad made the remark in a joint press conference with the visiting Venezuelan President, Hugo Chavez, in Assaluyeh, Bushehr Province. He said that Iran and Venezuela enjoy profound brotherly, extensive and dynamic relations and will put their achievements at the service of global peace, welfare and security.


Fourth Methanol     Zagros No.2

Implemented by: Zagros Petrochemical Co.(private Joint Stock)
Location: Pars Special Economic / Energy Zone
Area (Hectars):31
Ownership: 100 % NPC
Starting date: 2001
Anticipated production date: 2004

Product slate '000 t/y Iran's share of global methanol output to reach 6.4%

Product Final
Methanol   1650

Iran's share of global methanol output to reach 6.4%


NPC News Bulletin July 2005 No.65

Precommissioning work continues at Zagros No.1 methanol

NPC's Zagros No.1 methanol complex is on the verge of completion. Located in Assaluyeh, it is currently 97% complete and precommissioning work is under way at the site. The 1.65m tonne/year is expected to reach production within the first quarter of 2006. German company Lurgi is the technology licensor and contractor responsible for basic engineering and procurement services of the off-shore equipment and machinery, while detailed engineering and supply of the on-shore equipment is undertaken by Iranian contractor, PIDEC. The project is operated by Zagros Petrochemical Co., an NPC subsidiary, which is also building another methanol facility of the same capacity.


NPC News Bulletin July 2005 No.65

NPC pushing ahead with Zagros No.2

NPC is pushing ahead with its Zagros No. 2 methanol project at Assaluyeh. Overall, work on the
1.65m tonne/year project is already 60% complete. Zagros No. 2 uses the same technology as Zagros No. 1. The natural gas feedstock supply for the project will be sourced from South Pars gas field and oxygen will be supplied by a nearby centralized utility complex Mobin Petrochemical Co. When completed, 70% of the output from Zagros No. 1 and No. 2 will be exported.


Assaluyeh Ammonia/Urea             

Implemented by Ghadir Petrochemical Co.
Location: Pars Special Economic / Energy Zone
Area (Hectares): 47
Ownership: NPC
 48%
      Ghadir Investment Co. 51%
      Iran Petrochemical Commercial Co. (IPCC)  1%
       (IPCC is the NPCs marketing and sales subsidiary.
Starting date: 2001
Anticipated production date: 2004

Product slate '000 t/y
      第2期 same capacities at the same site.

Product Intermediate Final

Ammonia

680

75

Urea

--

 1075

Feb.2006 NO.69

Assaluyeh ammonia-urea No. 1 on verge of completion

The first ammonia-urea complex in Assaluyeh readies for completion. Overall, the plant is already about 98% complete. It is slated to produce 680,000 tonne/year of ammonia and 1,075,000 tonne/year of urea. The ammonia plant is already 97.6% complete and the urea unit is 97.9% finished. The complex has finished 99.9% of civil and construction work and 98.9% of erection and precommissioning activity.


Ammonia/Urea Complex No.2

NPC News Bulletin Jan-Feb,2004

NPC selects contractors for its 2nd Assaluyeh Ammonia/Urea Project
http://www.nipc.net/npcnews/news47-48/projects.htm

On 28 February 2004, NPC awarded the contract for its Ammonia/Urea Complex No.2 at Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone to a consortium of Toyo Engineering and Chiyoda of Japan and Petrochemical Industries Design and Engineering Co (PIDEC) of Iran.
The contract covers provision of license, basic and detailed engineering, procurement and supply of equipment and supervision services.

The complex will be located adjacent to Ammonia/Urea complex No. 1.
It is a duplication of No.1 complex with the same capacity of 2050 tonne/day of ammonia and 3250 tonne/day of urea. It will use MW Kellogg and Stamicarbon's technologies for the ammonia and urea plants respectively. The urea granulation process is licensed by Hydro Fertilizer Technology (HFT).

The project's feedstock is natural gas, which will be supplied by South Pars gas field.
The complex is scheduled to be completed in 24 months. It will be implemented by Petrochemical Industries Development Management Co (PIDMCO), an NPC subsidiary.

2004/04/12  東洋エンジニアリング/千代田化工建設

TEC・千代田連合、イランより2基目の大型肥料プラント受注
http://release.nikkei.co.jp/detail.cfm?relID=69384

現在TECをリーダーとする3社のコンソーシャムが建設している肥料プラントと同一の設備を隣接地に建設するものです。1基目の肥料プラント建設でのTEC・千代田・ピーデック3社コンソーシャムによるスムーズなプロジェクト遂行に対する客先の高い信頼と、国際協力銀行によるNPC向けの輸出金融適用及び日本貿易保険の貿易保険付保が受注に至った大きな要因です。

<受注概要>
■客先:PIDMCO
■建設地:イラン・イスラム共和国南部のバンダル・アサルイエ   
■対象設備:日産2,050トン・アンモニアと日産3,250トン・尿素の製造設備

 

2007/11/3 www.tehrantimes.com

Ghadir Petrochemical Complex officially inaugurated

Ghadir Petrochemical Complex, the producer of urea and ammonia, was officially inaugurated in the presence of Irans President Mahmud Ahmadinejad Thursday.

Ghadir Urea and Ammonia Complex is one of the projects of the first site of Pars Special Economic Energy Zone (PSEEZ), whose first phase became operational on March 25, 2007.

The two phases of the complex(each) produce
one million tons of urea and 680 thousand tons of ammonia per annum. Urea is the main product of the complex and the main part of produced ammonia is used for production of urea.


Bushehr Petrochemical

Location : Bushehr Province, in the vicinity of Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone

   '000 t/y

ethane   850
ethylene   670
methanol  1,970

May-Iune-July 2006

NPC to invite bid for Bushehr Petrochemical Complex

The complex will be built in Bushehr Province, in the vicinity of Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone. The complex will consist of an ethane recovery plant to recover 850,000 tonne/year ethane from natural gas supplied from South Pars Gas fields, an ethane cracking plant to produce 670,000 tonne/year polymer grade ethylene and a methanol plant with a capacity of 1,970,000 tonne/year for export. Tender Documents for EPCC contract are prepared and will be dispatched to short listed bidders soon for submission of proposals.


Mobin Centralized Utility

Implemented by: Mobin Petrochemical Co.(Private Joint Stock)
Location:Pars Special Economic / Energy Zone
Area (Hectars):47
Ownership:100 % NPC
Starting date:2001
Anticipated production date: 2004

Product slate

Product Final

Electricity

740 MW

Steam

2130 t/h

Cooling water(from sea)

374,000

Potable Water

100 m3/h

Boiler Water

2,290

Fresh water

1,560 m3/h

DM water

1,560 m3/h

Nitrogen

 48,000 m3/h

Oxygen

156 t/h

 


DME (Zagros)

NPC News Bulletin May 2004

NPC's R&T Co. & Topsose to build DME for Zagros

The Petrochemical Research & Technology Company (PRTC) of NPC and Haldor Topsoe A/S of Denmark have been engaged, under a collaboration agreement signed two years ago, in a joint effort to demonstrate new technologies for the petrochemical industry. The collaboration has now resulted in a contract with Zagros Petrochemical Co. to license technology, provide engineering and supply catalyst for an 880,000 of tonne/year of dimethyl ether (DME). The plant will be located at Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone. It is based on the technology and catalyst developed by Haldor Topsoe A/S for dehydration of methanol and made available in Iran by joint scientific and technical collaboration with PRTC. The implementation of this project will result in a world-wide increase in DME production by more than 200% and represents a breakthrough for the application of the product as a green fuel.


June 16 2004 Haldor Topsoe

Contract License and Basic Engineering of the First Large-scale Plant for Production of DME
http://www.haldortopsoe.com/site.nsf/all/CHAP-5ZZBB5?OpenDocument

Petrochemical Research & Technology Company (NPC-RT) of Iran and Haldor Topsoe A/S of Denmark have been, under a collaboration agreement signed two years ago, engaged in a joint effort to demonstrate new technologies for the petrochemical industry. It is with a great pleasure to announce that this collaboration has now resulted in a contract with Zagros Petrochemical Company to license technology, provide engineering and supply catalyst for a dimethyl ether (DME) plant.

The plant which is to be constructed at Bandar Assaluyeh, Iran with a capacity of 800,000 MTPY of DME, is based on technology and catalyst developed by Haldor Topsoe A/S for dehydration of methanol and made available in Iran by joint scientific and technical collaboration with NPC-RT.

The implementation of this project will result in a world-wide increase in DME production of more than 200% and represents a breakthrough for the application of DME as a green fuel.