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SHANA SHANA The Deputy Minister of Petroleum for
Petrochemical Affairs stated: “Fortunately,
No concerns about the issue of sanctions on Iran’s petrochemical
PETROCHEMICALS industry, especially in the access to
technologies sector, has led researchers and
Petchem, refinery projects provision of petchem experts to acquire many technologies such as
catalysts
the production of catalysts.”
online in two Years The CEO of the National Petrochemical concern about the supply of catalysts in Iran,
Shahmirzaei clarified: “There is no
The Chairman of the Iran’s Oil Industry Company (NPC) said Iran is not worried because Iranian researchers have moved
Pension Funds Board said Soroush, Negin about the supply of catalysts now because towards their domestication, and there is no
and Kangan Olefin Petrochemical Plants will Iranian researchers have moved towards risk of production stoppage due to the lack
come on stream by the end of the next Iranian localization of the items and the risk of of catalysts, and Iran has even become an
calendar year to March 2024. stopping production is not due to the lack of exporter of catalysts.”
Abdul Hossein Bayat said on Wednesday catalysts.” The NPC CEO continued: “With the
that all related projects Funds, especially According to NPC, Morteza Shahmirzaei activation of energy diplomacy in the field of
Kangan Petrorefinery, have favorable progress stated that one of the important and valuable the petrochemical industry, many negotiations
status. strategies of the administration and the and discussions were conducted with officials
He considered one of the factors of the Ministry of Petroleum is to localize the needs of neighboring countries and other countries
success and tangible progress of the petro- of the petrochemical industry, stating that the in different parts of the world and studies have
refinery and petrochemical projects in localization of technical savvy and catalysts been conducted on the capacity of different
Kangan region to be the placement of group will lead to the boom in production, economic countries.”
companies with different engineering and development and job creation. He also said: “After several rounds of
design capacities (such as EIED from the Emphasizing on the use of all available negotiations and discussions with several
companies of the Funds Economic Group) capacities of the country in order to countries, including Russia, a list of products
next to the projects under construction. implement the localization strategy, he added: and equipment needed by a northern
He said: “Engineering and design services “According to the comprehensive catalyst neighbor was provided to us, and their export
in this area has been completely localized by document, there is still a long way to go until is underway.”
the subsidiaries of the funds and we have the the complete localization of the catalysts SHANA
ability to export it.” needed by the petrochemical industry.”

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