VOL. XLV

No 8

25-February-2002

IRAN

Olefins 8 ProjectRescheduled For 2007 Start-Up

Theproposed Olefins 8 complex, to be built at the Petrochemical Special EconomicZone (Petzone) at the Gulf port of Bandar Imam, is now not expected to bebrought on-stream before 2007, MEES understands. Project partners Shelland the Shell/BASF joint venture Basell recently signed an agreement withIran痴 National Petrochemical Company (NPC) to undertake a feasibility studyinto the project. The study is now under way...