VOL. XXXIV

NO. 23

11-MARCH-1991

Iran

Iran Contracts Oxo-Alcohols Plant for Arak Petrochemical Complex

The Iranian National Petrochemicals Company (NPC) has awarded a $290mnturnkey contract to Speichem of France and Davy McKee of the UK to build an oxo-alcoholsplant at the $1.5bn Arak petrochemical complex. The plant will have a designcapacity of 55,000 tons/year of 2-ethyl hexanol, plus normal and iso-butanols.An adjacent plant will supply feedstock of natural gas and propylene. Includedin the...