Behzad Mohammadi, who is also deputy petroleum minister for
petrochemical affairs, in a meeting with the officials and senior executives of
Mahshahr Petrochemical Zone, voiced his support for petrochemical
industrialists and manufacturers.
“So far as law allows, NPC would exert every effort to solve
the problems of petrochemical facilities and support them,” he said.
The official further said that the petrochemical industry
was one of the country’s chief economic priorities, adding a major part of
petrochemical activities took place in Mahshahr, located in the southwestern
province of Khuzestan, where 37 percent of all of Iran’s petrochemical output
was being processed.
54 petrochemical plants are being run in the area and 34
others are under construction with over 20 percent physical progress.
The plants in Mahshahr produce 53.6 mt/y of items of which
30.7 is salable and the rest is traded between the facilities.
“Last year, $12 billion in revenues was generated by
exporting petrochemicals which is an indication of the valuable state of the
industry in Iran,” Mr. Mohammadi added.