Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 29

19-July-2004

IRAN

NPC Awards Second Kharg Methanol Contract To Iranian Consortium

The Kharg Petrochemical Company subsidiary of Irans National Petrochemical Company (NPC) on 23 June awarded a contract to Irans Namvaran and Towseeh Shabakehaye Sanati for construction of a second methanol plant on Kharg Island. The first Kharg methanol project was completed in 2000, with production capacity of 660,000 tons/year (MEES, 20 March 2000). The National Iranian...