Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVIII

No 48

28-November-2005

IRAN

NPC Awards Ilam Cracker Project To Irans Bina

Irans National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has awarded a 215mn contract to build an ethylene cracker at its Ilam Petrochemical Company complex to domestic firm Bina Consulting Engineers. NP announced on 17 November that the plant would be based on Stone & Webster technology, with capacity to produce 450,000 tons/year of ethylene and 98,000 t/y of propylene, in addition to 139,000...