TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian oil official announced that Iran is gaining 65 million dollar annually by using home-made catalyst in Jam petrochemical complex."We proudly announce that the implementation of the plan has earned the company (Jam petrochemical complex) $65 million annually," Caretaker of Jam petrochemical complex's Research and Development department Mohammad Rashedi said on Wednesday.
"We are now fully ready to implement the plan in similar units and share this experience with other petrochemical plants," he added.
Earlier this year, Head of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Abdolhossein Bayat announced that Iran has managed to acquire the technical knowhow for the production of petrochemical catalysts and is ready to export the product at competitive prices to the other countries.
"Irans petrochemical industry is moving swiftly towards its growth targets and now produces a great number of catalysts, relying on the scientific capabilities of its own researchers and experts," Bayat said in July.
"The petrochemical industry as a value-added generating sector is approaching self-sufficiency in catalyst production and will produce all types of catalysts by the end of the fifth five year development plan in 2015," he continued.
Stating that the Iranian oil industry has indigenized 38 technical knowhows so far, Bayat said the petrochemical sector is well prepared to offer the indigenized catalysts in international markets with competitive prices.
"We have achieved a satisfactory level of knowledge on catalysts, chemicals and transfer of technology in a way that sanctions cant cripple our researchers," Bayat said.
Head of the Petrochemical Research and Technology Company Gholamreza Jokar had earlier informed that 38 catalysts or technical knowhow have been indigenized in the country, adding that the figure will rise to 110 by the end of the fifth five year development plan in 2015.
Joker said his company had succeeded in indigenizing 15 catalysts and technical knowhow last year and would do the same this year.
By Fars News Agency
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