[caption id="attachment_71735" align="alignright" width="213"] Deputy head of National Petrochemical Company Hassan Peyvandi[/caption] TEHRAN March 03(Shana)--Iran is set to gain nearly $13 billion from petrochemical products supplied by the second phase of Assaluyeh in the coming years, a deputy head of National Petrochemical Company said. Mohammad ...

[caption id="attachment_153210" align="alignright" width="201"] Iran is building the worlds largest methanol plant which the country is touting as a rival to US shale gas.[/caption] Iran is building the worlds largest methanol plant which the country is touting as a rival to US shale gas. The Kaveh mega methanol project, being implemented in ...

TEHRAN Sep 1 (Shana)--Deputy head of Iran's National Petrochemical Company said petrochemical products cannot be easily sanctions as is the case for crude oil. Speaking with the Bloomberg News,Mohammad-Hassan Peyvandi, deputy head of National Petrochemical Company, said the petrochemical industry cannot be easily sanctioned, because the side that ...

TEHRAN August 24 (Shana)--Irans petrochemical industry is to focus on increasing propylene production over the coming eight years, a top petrochemical official said. Mohammad-Hassan Peyvandi, deputy head of National Petrochemical Company, said methanol produced in the Special Economic Petrochemical Zone is planned to be convertedinto propylene. To ...

TEHRAN August 10 (Shana)--Petrochemical products account for more than 40 percent of Irans non-oil products, a deputy head of National Petrochemical Company said. Mohammad-Hassan Peyvandi said Iran enjoys the highest potentials for the development of petrochemical industries. No country in the world and the Middle East enjoys as many advantages as ...

TEHRAN July 9 (Shana)--A deputy head of National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has said that Irans petrochemical industry will focus on propylene production in ten years. Mohammad-Hassan Peyvandi said propylene shortage is the reason behind lack of development in the downstream industries. It would be important to create incentives in liquid feedstock ...

TEHRAN July 7 (Shana)--Iran needs to attract 33 billion dollars in investment for financing 55 million tons of petrochemical projects, a senior petrochemical official said. Mohammad-Hassan Peyvandi, deputy head of National Petrochemical Company, said the envisaged projects would bring Iran 26 billion dollars in revenues. He said that 71 petrochemical ...

TEHRAN June 18 (Shana)--Completion of the second phase of West Ethylene Pipeline is a priority of National Petrochemical Company (NPC), a deputy head of NPC said. Mohammad-Hassan Peyvandi said the pipeline is a main artery feeding petrochemical plants located in the western provinces. He said the pipeline is expected to be completed by March 2015 ...