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Iran begins C5+ output

at southern refinery

MIDDLE EAST IRAN’S Parsian Sepehr Refining Co. has said it Development Fund in late 2016.
has successfully begun production of Pentanes He said that the project, which was con-
Plus (C5+) at its facility. structed by Iranians, had been developed using
Pentanes Plus, or C5+, is a mixture of hydro- “state-of-the-art technologies by relying on the
carbons that is a liquid at ambient temperature expertise of local experts”.
and pressure, and consists mostly of pentanes The plant is divided into an ethane extraction
(five carbon chain) and higher carbon num- facility located in Mohr with the Parsian Sepehr
ber hydrocarbons. Pentanes plus includes, but refining complex and final ethane separation
is not limited to, normal pentane, isopentane, unit at Assaluyeh where much of the gas from the
hexanes-plus (natural gasoline), and plant offshore supergiant South Pars field is processed.
condensate. Zirakchianzadeh said: “The ethane produced
C5+ is the first product out of the new in this site will be used for final separation and
upgraded Ethane Extraction Complex at the annual production of 3.3mn tpy of ethane, pro-
Parsian Sepehr refinery site. pane, butane and gas condensate as the main
The refined product now produced can be product to be transported to Assaluyeh by an
converted into kerosene, petroleum and other 18-inch (457mm) pipeline with a length of
products used in industrial production, the com- roughly 63 km.”
pany added in its press release. He noted that one of the key environmen-
Operations commenced at the facility in mid- tal benefits of the project was the processing of
April at it ramps up to supply 1.3mn tonnes per 16mn tpy of methane for use in the city gas dis-
year (tpy) of ethane to olefin facilities throughout tribution network.
the country. Parsian Sepehr Refining Co. as private joint-
Speaking to state-owned energy sector media stock was established in November 2010 for the
outlet Shana, Mahmoud Zirakchianzadeh, CEO production of the national ethanol utilisation
of Parsian Sepehr Refining Co. said that the plan. The facility was built with participation of
facility had first been proposed in 2014 with the National Iranian Gas Co. (NIGC) and Energy
the first letters of credit opened by the National Sepehr Co. belonging to Saderat Bank of Iran.™

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