Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 15

11-April-2005

IRAN

NPC Brings Paraxylene Unit Of 3rd Aromatics Complex On-Stream

The Bou Ali Sina Petrochemical Company subsidiary of Irans National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has started up the paraxylene unit of the 3rd Aromatics complex, under construction in the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone (Petzone) at Bandar Imam. The nameplate capacity of the paraxylene unit is 400,000 tons/year, but the National Iranian Oil Companys (NIOCs) PIN news...