Majid Daftari today (Sunday, 16th of February) at the first
specialized exhibition and conference of the oil industry catalyst, which was
held at the same time as 44th anniversary of the victory of the Islamic
Revolution, stated that the catalyst industry of the country is a precious
group that was able to render Iran needless of importing catalysts.”
Pointing out that 99 catalysts, activators and absorbents are used in
the oil industry, he added: “85 of these are being produced by domestic
companies, and the remaining 15 either have a very small amount of consumption
inside, or are not economical to produce.”
The PRTC CEO stated that 98% by weight of the catalysts of the oil
industry are produced domestically, and continued: “It has been about two years
that favorable steps have been taken to export Iranian catalysts to the countries
of the region, and the companies of the region are now using Iranian catalysts.”
Daftari emphasized: “Since the beginning of the 13th administration,
localization of all catalysts of the oil industry was assigned to PRTC; this
company extends a helping hand to all scientific and research centers so that
the remaining catalysts can be localized with their cooperation.”
He stated that the amount of catalyst consumed in the oil industry is
about 37,000 tons per year, and stated: “PRTC provides all its facilities to
knowledge-based companies and researchers to help accelerate the achievements.”
The PRTC CEO stated that this company is in charge of creating
knowledge in the field of processes, catalysts and chemicals, and added: “This
company had focused on 6 high-use processes of the petrochemical industry in
the past and obtained their savvy, which is currently being used in
petrochemical complexes.”