Iran Know-how to Turn Methanol to Propylene

reporter 1222 — Sat, 26 Sep 2020 05:09:02 +0000

TEHRAN (Iran News) – Iran’s petrochemical industry has attained a major achievement by obtaining the know-how to turn methanol into propylene (MPT), a technology which authorities say was previously ring-fenced by two countries.

The development came on Thursday during the inauguration of a semi-industrial petchem plant in southern Iranian port city of Mahshahr where some 120,000 metric tons of propylene will be produced each year from methanol and independently of the original feedstock, Press TV reported.

Seyyed Omid Shahidinia, a local Oil Ministry official said during the inauguration ceremony that the commercial use of MPT had been monopolized by two countries which he would not identify.

“They would not let us have the technology due to the sanctions, and now Iran is the third country which has obtained this technical expertise,” said Shahidinia, making a reference to American sanctions that have sought to hamper Iran’s efforts to develop its energy sector.

Concurrent with the inauguration, Oil Ministry officials in Tehran awarded a contract to Fateh Petrochemicals for commercial use of MPT in Iran.

The contract, which is related to the petchem plant in Mahshahr, would enable Iran to significantly increase its propylene output in the upcoming years, according to Behzad Mohammadi, a deputy oil minister and CEO of Ian’s largest company in the sector, namely the National Petrochemical Company (NPC).

Mohammadi said Iran had eyed a propylene output of two million tons per year for 2025 but he insisted that the figure would increase to 4 million tons by 2026 through implementing various schemes including the use of MTP technology.

The senior official said Iran’s current propylene output is nearly one million tons per year, adding that total production capacity for all petrochemical products has reached around 70 million tons per year.

Mohammadi said actual petchem output in Iran reached 30 million tons worth $15 billion in the year to March 2020 of which some $10 billion worth of products were sold to foreign customers.

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18 petrochemical projects underway in Chabahar, Qeshm

reporter 1222 — Mon, 15 Oct 2018 11:00:52 +0000

A senior energy official said the government is planning to launch 18 GTX units to convert natural gas to propylene in Chabahar and Qeshm regions in a bid to increase the share of petrochemical products in the country’s value-added chain.

Speaking to Shana, Ali Mohammad Bossaghzadeh, the director in charge of projects at the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), said some 30 projects in the petrochemical sector are currently under construction throughout the country with the aim of completing the petrochemical value-chain.

More than half of the projects are based near the southern strategic port of Chabahar near the Sea of Oman and on Qeshm Island in the Persian Gulf.

“Completion of the petrochemical value-chain is one of the main policies of the National Petrochemical Company, and this issue has become more prominent in recent years,” the official said.

He added that in line with this policy, NPC is trying to diversify products in new projects and make sure there is a production chain for end-user items.

Moreover, the official added that 10 propane dehydrogenation (PDH) units to convert natural gas to propane and polypropylene were being built in Assaluyeh and Mahshahr, in southern and southwestern parts of the country, respectively.

NPC’s projects director further added that many of the projects, including Lordegan Petrochemical Unit, Olefin Project in Ilam, Miandoab Petrochemical Plant, Kaveh Methanol Unit and Phase 1 of Bushehr Petrochemical Plant are over 90% complete.

The development of such projects are vital for fulfilling Iran’s desire to expand the petrochemical industry.

Petrochemicals accounted for 34.7% of Iran’s non-oil exports in the last Iranian year (ended March 2018). The industry has achieved continuous growth in the past five years, such that petrochemical complexes have increased from 43 plants to 53, installed capacity has reached 64.9 million tons per annum from 59.8 million tons.

According to data released by NPC, Iran exported 15.451 million tons of petrochemical and polymer products $7.435 billion worth in the first six months of the current fiscal year (March 21-Sept. 22). the figures indicate 9.44% and 23.98% growth in terms of volume and value, respectively, compared to the same period of last year.

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