VOL. XLIII

No. 39

25-September-2000

IRAN

Irans NPC Awards Ethylene Cracker Contract To Frances Technip And Irans Nargan

Irans National Petrochemical Company (NPC) announced on 18 September the award of a contract worth more than Є200mn ($170mn) to Paris-based engineering contractor Technip and Irans Nargan to build an ethylene cracker at Assaluyeh on the Gulf coast. The cracker will have the capacity to produce 1mn tons/year of ethylene and will be at the heart of NPCs Olefins 9 petrochemicals...