Petrochemical
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Iran, Uzbekistan decide to jointly invest in petrochemicals: News Agency
Tehran, IRNA – Iran and Uzbekistan have decided to make a joint investment in producing petrochemical products.
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Iran oil production up by 60% since 2020: Minister
Tehran, IRNA — Oil production in Iran has increased by 60% since March 20, 2020, Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji says.
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Chabahar has become petrochemical hub of Iran: Provincial official
Zahedan, IRNA – The governor of Iran’s Sistan-and-Baluchestan province has said that Chabahar Port has turned into a “petrochemical hub” due to its proper position to export petrochemical products.
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Opening of Refining and Petrochemical Projects
A sum of 17 oil, refining and petrochemical projects in seven provinces of Iran, with a credit amounting to over $3,900 billion, were put into operation on Monday morning (June 24, 2024) in the presence of Iran's Acting President Mohammad Mokhber in the Ministry of Petroleum.
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Iran starts works for major petchem plant in west
Hamedan, IRNA – The inauguration ceremony of the ‘Ibn Sina’, a major petrochemical plant in western Iran, has been held in the presence of Minister of Industry, Mine, and Trade Abbas Ali Abadi in Hamedan.
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Raisi opens home-grown petrochemical complex in Iran's Gachsaran
Gachsaran, IRNA - Iran has launched a petrochemical complex with the largest degree of reliance on home-grown industries.
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Gachsaran petrochemical olefin project comes to stream
Gachsaran, IRNA - Olefin project of Gachsaran Petrochemical Company in southwestern Iran has become operational, according to an official with the knowledge of the matter.
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Iran to increase petchem output capacity by 43% by 2027
Tehran, IRNA – The capacity for production of petrochemicals in Iran will increase from 92 to 131.5 million metric tons (mt) per year by the end of Iran's seventh National Development Plan in early 2027.
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Annual output at Ilam Petrochemicals at 0.7 mln mt: CEO
Ilam, IRNA – Ilam Petrochemical Complex in Western Iran is producing some 700,000 metric tons (mt) of different product annually, according to the CEO of the company.
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Home-made syngas reactor installed in Iranian petchem plant
Bushehr, IRNA – A first home-made ultra-heavy reactor for synthesis gas has been installed at an Iranian petrochemical plant in Asaluyeh, in southern Iran.
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Iran’s annual petchem output capacity to reach 95 mt: Official
Tehran, IRNA – CEO of Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC) says the country's annual capacity for production of petrochemicals will reach 95 million metric tons (mt) by the end of the current Iranian calendar year, up from a current figure of 92 million mt.
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Iran petrochemicals export at $26bn in year to March: NPC chief
Tehran, IRNA – The Islamic Republic of Iran exported petrochemical products worth $26 billion in the last Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2022 to March 20, 2023), according to a senior official at the country’s Oil Ministry.
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US imposes sanctions on 9 firms related to Iran oil industry
New York, IRNA – The United States Treasury Department has leveled fresh sanctions on six Iranian companies and three firms in Malaysia and Singapore under the excuse of cooperating with Iran in producing, purchasing, and selling oil and petrochemical products.
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Ilam gas refinery using vital Iran-made equipment
Tehran, IRNA – CEO of Ilam Gas Refinery Company says that dozens of essential products and equipment items being used in the refinery have been sourced for a first time from local manufacturers.
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Iran petrochemical capacity to double in next decade
Tehran, IRNA – Capacity of Iran’s petrochemical industry will have over twofold increase within next ten years, a senior Iranian official announced on Wednesday.
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US imposes sanctions on Iran oil, petrochemical
New York, IRNA – The United States on Wednesday announced new sanctions on Iran, a move seen as an attempt to push for its demands through exerting pressure on Tehran during talks over the revival of the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the JCPOA.
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Iran oil minister discusses global energy crisis with Bulgarian & Romanian counterparts
Tehran, IRNA – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji met with his two European counterparts in Baku to confer on global energy crisis, export of technical engineering services, export of equipment, expanding bilateral ties and various fields of cooperation.
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Envoy: Brazil keen on developing petrochemical, nano-technology, industrial ties with Iran
Tabriz, IRNA – Brazilian Ambassador to Iran Laudemar Goncalves de Aguiar Neto said in addition to the agricultural sector, Brazil is after developing relations with Iran in petrochemicals, nanotechnology and industry fields.
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Petrochemicals, mining: Iran's magic wand in beating sanctions
Tehran, IRNA - Revenues from petrochemical exports in the first 11 months of the last Persian year which ended on March 20 surged 44% against the corresponding period of the previous year, data from Iran's Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade (IMT) shows.
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President Raisi inaugurates gas supply, petrochemical projects
Tehran, IRNA – The inauguration ceremony of several gas supply and petrochemical projects was held by the virtual presence of President Ebrahim Raisi on Wednesday.
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Iran breaks global monopoly on Dimethyl disulfide production
Tehran, IRNA – The CEO of Ilam Petrochemical Company said on Monday that by production of a strategic and widely-used product in Iran's petrochemical and refining industries for the first time in the history of Iran's petrochemical industry, Iran breaks global monopoly on Dimethyl disulfide production which was previously monopolized by the United States, France and China.
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MOFA supports petrochemical industry & medical equipment manufacturers
Tehran, IRNA – Iran's Deputy Foreign Minister for Economic Diplomacy Mehdi Safari stressed the full support of petrochemical industry activities and developing exports of pharmaceutical products and medical equipment.
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Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company wins $350m dispute
Tehran, IRNA – Iran Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC) has said it has won a long dispute at the Federal Supreme Court of the United Arab Emirates.
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Iran's share of petrochemical trade of region shows 2% growth
Tehran- IRNA- The director of planning and development of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) of Iran said on Friday that Iran's share of the Middle East petrochemical products trade in the Iranian 1398 (ending on 20 March 2020) was 20.2 percent and reached 22.1 percent in 1399 (ending on 20 March 2021).
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Iran launches first phase of Siraf Pars port
Tehran, IRNA - Iran’s Ministry of Petroleum on Sunday inaugurated the first phase of Siraf Pars port on the Persian Gulf coast upon an order by Iranian President Hassan Rouhani.
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$25b investment increases Iran petrochemical capacity 60%
Tehran, IRNA - The production capacity of petrochemical industry in Iran has increased from 56 million tons in 2013 to 90 million tons in 2021, showing a 60 percent jump as a result of allocating 25 billion dollars in the industry.
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Iran among 3 world producers of petrochemical catalysts
Tehran, May 26, IRNA - Producing polypropylene and high-density polyethylene (HDPE) catalysts in an Iranian knowledge-based company known as Iranian Petrochemical Research and Technology Company (PRTC), has put Iran among three world producers of petrochemical catalysts.
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Sanctions-free Iranian oil
Tehran, April 21, IRNA – Iran’s oil have been struggling with internal and external sanctions for decades, and this pressure from both sides has impeded the industry to achieve its proper status.
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Iran petrochemical output capacity to reach 100m tons by 2022
Tehran, Feb 7, IRNA – Iranian Petroleum Minister Baijan Zanganeh said on Sunday that Iran's petrochemical output capacity will reach 100 million tons a year by 2022.
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Value of Iran’s petrochemical products to hit $25bn by March 20: VP
Kermanshah, IRNA – First Vice President Eshaq Jahangiri said here on Saturday that before the start of the new Iranian year (to start on March 21, 2021) the value of Iran's 100 million tons of petrochemical products will reach 25 billion dollars.