Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LIII

No 31

2-Aug-2010

IRAN

Ahmadinejad Inaugurates Petrochemical Plants At Assaluyeh

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad on 28 July inaugurated two new petrochemical units at Assaluyeh. The Morvarid Petrochemical Company subsidiary of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) has built the 5th Olefin unit, which has capacity to produce 500,000 tons/year of ethylene. NPCs Pardis Petrochemical Company subsidiary has built a fertilizer plant with capacity to produce...