Aug 21, 2011 Iran Daily         イランのベネズエラ、インドネシア、オマーンとのJVの状況

Iran-Venezuela Petchem Complex Construction Begins

Deputy Oil Minister Abdolhussein Bayat on Saturday announced the start of executive operations for Iran-Venezuela Petrochemical Complex in Assalouyeh.

"So far, executive operations for building a methanol unit in Assalouyeh, with the participation of Venezuela, have started. But, still the condition for executing a similar petrochemical project in Venezuela is not final," he added.

2007/7/7　イランとベネズエラ　経済協力で合意　合弁メタノール工場建設

Oil Ministry officials have announced that very soon negotiations of Iran with Venezuela and Indonesia for building two petrochemical complexes in Assalouyeh will become final and executive operations of these two projects will officially start, Mehr News Agency reported.

In 2007, the construction phase of two joint methanol units started at the presence of President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and his Venezuelan counterpart, Hugo Chavez.

Upon establishment of a joint company 'Veniran' it is expected that a methanol unit with a capacity of 1.650 million tons be built in Site Two of Pars Special Energy Zone (Assalouyeh).

Another joint petrochemical project is building joint urea and ammonia units with 50 percent participation of Indonesia for producing 1,150 tons of products in Phase Two of Assalouyeh.

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Hormuz Complex
Bayat also said Oman has not yet officially notified National Petrochemical industries Company (NPIC) about its withdrawal from the project for building Hormuz Petrochemical Complex.

NPC(Iran) / OCC new joint venture MOU

イランAssaluyeh
　　1.65m tonne/year methanol complex
　　1.07m tonne/year ammonia/urea
オーマン
　　400,000 tonne/year polyvinyl chloride (PVC) complex
　　expansion of an EDC plant to produce 200,000 tonne/year of PVC
http://www.knak.jp/others/oman.htm#npc-oman

He said one of the important reasons behind Oman's delay in starting executive operations of Hormuz petrochemical Complex is the price of feedstock.

"It seems that the current formula for selling feed to this Arab country does not have economic justification," he noted.

He emphasized that NIPC will not wait for foreign and domestic firms for building and expanding petrochemical complexes.

"Very soon the conditions for presence of some foreign firms in new petrochemical projects will be clarified," he noted.

In 2009, Iran and Oman signed an agreement for joint construction of a urea and ammonia unit with an annual production capacity of 1.650 million tons.

Despite the passage of some 24 months no progress has been reported for building this petrochemical unit in Assalouyeh.

An NIPC official, Ahmad Heidarnia, previously said the company intends to clarify the fate of Oman's investment in Hormuz Petrochemical Complex maximum in two months.

"If the Omani side has no tendency for investing in Assalouyeh, other private and/or foreign companies will replace it," said Heidarnia.