VOL. XLVI

No 10

10-March-2003

IRAN

NPC Awards Olefins 9 M/HDPE Contract

Irans National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has announced the award of a 135mn contract to Germanys Krupp-Uhde and Irans Sazeh for the construction of a 300,000 tons/year medium/high density polyethylene (M/HDPE) plant at its Olefins 9 complex at Assaluyeh. Olefins 9 is being developed by NPC subsidiary Pars Petrochemical Company (PPC) and Sasol, following the recent purchase of a 50% stake in the project by the South African...