VOL. XXXIX

No. 20

12-February-1996

IRAN

Iran's NPC Plans To Double Petrochemicals Production Capacity

Iran's Deputy Oil Minister and President of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC), Mr. Ahmad Rahgozar, has said that the government will submit a bill to the Iranian parliament to double the nameplate production capacity in the petrochemical industry to 20mn tons from the current 10mn tons. Under the second five-year development plan (1995- 2000) NPC's production capacity is to be...