IRAN
 
Iran Starts Up West Ethylene Pipeline And First Kavian Cracker
 
By David Knott
 
Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) announced on 17 December the first flow of petrochemical feedstock through the West Ethylene Pipeline. The pipeline system is being built in two phases to carry feedstock from petrochemical complexes in Assaluyeh and Gachsaran to polyethylene plants being built in underdeveloped areas of Western Iran. The first phase of the...