Speaking to NIPNA, director of the projects at
the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Ali Mohammad Bossaqzadeh, said Kaveh Petrochemical
Plant (with 2.3 million tons of methanol production per year), Marjan Petrochemical
Project (with 1.6 mt/y of methanol production capacity), and Phase I of Bushehr
Project are among the facilities planned to come on-stream this calendar year.
He said by the time the projects came online, Iran's
production capacity would increase dramatically.
Phase I of Bushehr Project comprises three units
of ethane recover, gas refining and methanol production. The project is planned
to come online in the near future, he added.
Bossaqzadeh, who is also a member of the board of
directors at the NPC, further said that phase I of Ibne Sina Petrochemical Company was also planned to become operational this calendar year.
He also named Bidboland II and Ilam petrochemical
projects as other plans which would come online this year.