Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 27

05-July-2004

IRAN

NPC Awards DME And Methanol Contracts

A subsidiary of Irans National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has signed a contract with Haldor Topsøe to license dimethyl ether (DME) technology, following a collaboration between the Danish company and NPCs Petrochemical Research and Technology Company (NPC-RT) to commercialize the process. Haldor Topsøe issued a statement on 16 June saying: This collaboration has resulted in a contract with Zagros...