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The order comprises Alfa Laval OLMi heat
exchangers which will be used for cooling duties in the distillation unit of the refinery. The distillation unit is where hot crude oil is separated into different fractions such as gasoline and diesel.
“This is the third large order in short time for our durable OLMi heat exchangers. These orders all prove that our heat exchangers meet the high demands from customers in the refinery industry”, commented Susanne Pahlén Åklundh, President of the Energy Division.
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Iran boosts petrochemical products’ export
iran’s government-owned Pars Petrochemical Plant has increased the volume of its exports by 21.5 percent, the company’s CEO, Massoud hassani, has said.
“Exports of Pars Petrochemical Plant products have increased by 21.5 percent over the last eight months of the current iranian year (March 20-november 21) compared to last year’s corresponding period,” he said.
hassani said that the process of production and export of Pars Petrochemical Plant has improved considerably in comparison with 2018.
he pointed stressed that the company was planning to produce more value-added product items from styrene monomer other than usual polystyrene.
“implementing this program can generate an annual profit of 100,000 billion rials or $2.4 million from currently 60,000 billion rials ($1.4 million).
hassani also announced completion of the company’s production chain, especially for styrene monomer and propane.
noting that the production capacity of
styrene monomer had increased by 7 percent and ethyl benzene by 20 percent, he said: “The company’s plan is to achieve a 25 percent growth in styrene monomer production next year.”
Parsian Oil & Gas Development Group (POGDC) currently manages the annual production of 2,48 million tons of ammonia, 3,845 million tons of urea, 3,38 million tons of methanol, and more than eight million tons of oil refinery products.
The holding has diversified its activities into the fields of energy, oil industry engineering and construction, rail transportation and marketing of petrochemical and oil products in order to bring under its management the entire cycle of the industry - from production to marketing and other related activities.
Currently, there are 54 petrochemical plants in iran, which supply 53.6 million tons of petrochemical products. About 30.7 million tons of products are ready for sale, and the rest is consumed by the plants.
in addition, as many as 34 petrochemical projects have achieved more than 20 percent progress. Once these projects are completed, iran’s petrochemical production will grow to 75 million tons by March 2022. if new petrochemical projects are no longer launched, existing projects’ production will exceed 100 million tons by March 2026.
iran exports its petrochemical products to dozens of countries in different parts of the world. As many as 13 percent of products are exported to the indian subcontinent, 23 percent to the Southeast Asia countries, 22 percent to China, 18 percent to the countries of the Far East, 5 percent to Europe and 19 percent to the Middle East.
An important feature of iran’s petrochemical industry is the country’s favourable geographical location and good access to Asian and European markets, as well as free seas, which makes it easier and cheaper to export and transport.
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Suspend LAPSSET land survey, says Korane
Governor Ali Korane wants suspension of the surveying of land marked for the Lapsset project until compensation and consultations are carried out.
Speaking to journalists in Garissa town on Monday, he said all the land in Garissa county and northeastern, in general, is communal and it is held in trust by counties.
he was responding to news that surveys are being carried out by officials from the Lapsset project in ijara and Fafi subcounties.
in October, Korane told officials of Lapsset and other agencies that compensation was essential.
The governor said the county has not signed any contractual agreement with the Lamu Port-South Sudan-Ethiopia-Transport project, as should have been the case.
“Land is a devolved function and all departments that deal with land are under the county government. The Lapsset project should engage the county government through relevant departments on the land they intend to use for the project,” Korane said.
he said that as leaders and custodians of the land, they are worried and want the situation corrected before it is too late.
“We want to know who authorised Lapsset to survey land in Garissa county without the input of the county government. This is wrong and unacceptable. We are not opposed to the project, but we want the right procedures to be followed,” he said.
he said, however, the massive project would create jobs for youth and improve the regional economy.
in October, Korane met the director of
the Kenya Ports Authority Col (Rtd) Conrad Thorpe and representatives from KPA, Lapsset, KRA and Critical infrastructure Police Unit (CiPU) where he reiterated the need for compensation of communally owned land before the project proceeds.
Col Thorpe described Garissa as “strategically placed” to facilitate trade not just from northeastern Kenya but the whole of the Somali Republic.
The project will pass through Garissa and isiolo all the way to Southern Sudan and Ethiopia; it will include a railway line, an oil pipeline and a tarmacked road.
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