VOL.XXXIXNo. 6018-November-1996IRAN

BandarImam Aromatics Plant Commissioned The third phase of the Bandar Imam petrochemical complex - the aromaticsplant - was inaugurated on 11 November by IranianPresident Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani. The unit has a capacity toproduce annually 260,000 tons of benzene, 210,000 tons of mixed xylenescompounds, and 15,000 tons ofheavyaromatics. The plant is estimated to have cost IR323bn. Phasetwo of the complex was commissioned in August 1994 andphase one...