BAKU, Azerbaijan, September 16. The production of Iran's Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company increased by 8 percent during the five months of the current Iranian year (from March 20 through August 21, 2024) compared to the same period of last year (from March 21 through August 22, 2023), the executive director of Iran's Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company Sepahdar Ansarinik said, Trend reports.
According to him, production of the Bandar Imam petrochemical company has increased to 2 million tons within five months.
Ansarinik noted that the company's production rose to 4.5 million tons in the last Iranian year (from March 21, 2023, through March 19, 2024). This is 13 percent more than a year earlier (from March 21, 2022, through March 20, 2023).
The official added that the company obtained 1.5 million tons of crude oil as feedstock during the five months.
To note, the Iranian Bandar Imam petrochemical company is located on a 270-ha site in Khuzestan province in the southwest of the country. This company can produce 1 million tons of ethane, 1.96 million tons of propane, 1.57 million tons of butane, 1.41 million tons of pentane plus, and 30,500 tons of C4 raffinate per year.
The company also annually produces 411,000 tons of ethylene, 118,000 tons of chemical grade polypropylene, 64,000 tons of polymer grade polypropylene, 26,000 tons of butadiene, 88,000 tons of C4 Cut, 180,000 tons of vinyl chloride monomer, 440,000 tons of ethylene dichloride, 63,000 tons of hydrochloric acid, 6,600 tons of bleach, 150,000 tons of heavy polyethylene, 100,000 tons of light polyethylene, and 4,000 tons of artificial rubber.