NPC CEO Invites Russian Firms to Join Petrochemical Projects in Iran

Date: 20 April 2022 - 21:30

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TEHRAN - The CEO of the
National Petrochemical Company Morteza Shahmirzaei invited Russian companies to invest in the Iranian petrochemical industry.
According to the National Petrochemical Company, during a meeting on the sidelines of the 21st Russian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition, Shahmirzaei said the feedstock available for the development of the petrochemical industry in Iran as an important advantage, and said: “I invite called it important to hold such events to expand cooperation between Iran and Russia.
He noted that there are 5,600 kilometers of coastlines in the north and south of the Islamic Republic of Iran, and added: “The existence of numerous ports on these coasts has provided and facilitated the exchange of products and activities of oil, gas, petrochemicals and other industries for the country.”
The CEO of the National Petrochemical Company continued: “Iran sits atop more than 159 billion barrels of oil reserves and about 33 trillion cubic meters of natural gas.”
Shahmirzaei, stating that currently one billion cubic meters of gas is bring produced on a daily basis in Iran and its crude oil production capacity is about 4 million barrels per day, said: “Part of this output is consumed as feedstock for Iran’s petrochemical industry.”
He considered access to abundant feedstock backed by these oil and gas reserves as a unique advantage for the development of the petrochemical industries in Iran, and said: “I invite the companies present in this exhibition to take advantage of these opportunities to invest in petrochemical projects and other projects.”