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
20
*
*
140
*
300
*
300
*
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
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.
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
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
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.
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
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 NPC’s research arm
Petrochemical
R&T Co. and Lurgi of Germany. The MTP
project is based on Lurgi’s 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 Fanavaran’s 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.
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.
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.
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 plant’s 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. Germany’s Salzgiter is providing the
license and is also the plant’s 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.
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: 2008Product slate '000t/y
Product Intermediate Final PTA
350
10
PET( Fiber Grade)
--
132
PET( Bottle Grade)
--
132
Pet Poy
--
132
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
plant’s 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.
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: Q2-2004Product 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.
Implemented by: Marun Petrochemical Company(public Joint Stock)
→ SABIC JV案 → pendingLocation: 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
-
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.
Marun’s 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 plant’s ethylene feedstock is
currently supplied by Amir Kabir and Bandar Imam complexes.
The plant will be fed by Marun’s own ethylene unit when it is
completed. The extruder of Marun’s polypropylene (PP) plant has
been started up. The PP plant is expected to be brought
onstream soon. Marun’s 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.
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 country’s 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 Iran’s 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 SABIC’s valuable experiences
would play a significant role in maintaining the two sides’ customers.
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.
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