Polyolefn and olefn production in Iran: Current andfuture capacities

Due to easy availability of cheaper raw material and increase in new applications, the use of polyolefns in various industries is becoming a major priority. The Middle East region, on account of its vast oil and gas reserves has,in the last decade or so, been developing many new petrochemical complexes with their expansion into colossalpolyolefn production capacities. The predictions are that by 2020 the Middle East region will dominate the polyolefnindustry as a whole. Furthermore, with proven oil reserves of about 21.7 thousand million tons (4th world ranking) andnatural gas of 34.0 trillion cubic meters (1st world ranking), Iran’s petrochemical industry is supported by diverse andabundant feedstock reserves. In line with other polyolefn producers’ developments in the Middle East, Iran s NationalPetrochemical Company (NPC) has undergone massive structural and technological transformations in the last twodecades in order to set up ambitious plans for further capacity increase and native technology developments. Thisarticle mainly focuses on Iran today’s position and its future plans in the polyolefns industry. Polyolefns J 3:11-22

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polyolefn , Iran , olefn , Middle East , petrochemical company , NPC , statistics