Yet, the country will start up four other petrochemical projects in Assalouyeh, southern Iran, on Sunday: Phase II of Kavian Petrochemical Plant, Takht Jamshid Pars Petrochemical Plant, Entekhab Group Polystyrene Unit and MEG unit of Morvarid Petrochemical Plant.
Fed by ethane recovered from various phases of the supergiant South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf, the facility is constructed with an investment of €200 million and IRR 2,350 billion. It is estimated to sell $950m/y of petrochemicals.
Polystyrene Unit of Entekhab Industrial Group is financed by nearly $120m and IRR 2,000b and can supply 250,000 of polystyrene annually. It is planned to be fed by 235,000 tons/year of styrene supplied by Pars Petrochemical Plant. The facility will fetch roughly $385m/y for the country by its activities.
Constructed with €170m and IRR 8,900b of investment, the unit will supply 540,000 tons of monoethylene glycol (MEG) and triethylene glycol (TEG) annually.