Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 7

16-Feb-2009

IRAN

Ahmadinejad Inaugurates Worlds Largest Olefins Plant

Irans President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad inaugurated the Jam Petrochemical Complex at Assaluyeh on 8 February, which includes the worlds largest olefins unit. The cracker has the capacity to produce 1.321mn tons/year of ethylene and 306,000 t/y of propylene, and the complex also has two downstream units, with capacity to produce 600,000 t/y of polyethylene and 300,000 t/y of polypropylene. ...