NPC awards a polyethylene contract to Krupp Uhde/Sazeh

The National Petrochemical Company on October 23, 2000 awarded a contract for the high-density polyethylene (hdPE) plant of its olefin no. 7 project to Germany's Krupp Uhde and Iran's Sazeh. The 300,000-ton/year plant will be based on Basell's Hostalen technology. The contract covers provision of license, basic and detailed engineering, supply of equipment and technical assistance. The facility will be supplied within 26 months.
Marun Petrochemical Company, an NPC subsidiary, is responsible for implementing and operating olefin no. 7 project which is located within the Petrochemical Special Economic Zone on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf where a number of other petrochemical projects are already under construction. Marun Complex's ethylene cracker will feed the hdPE plant. The complex product slate includes ethylene with a capacity of 1.1-mt/y, low-density polyethylene (ldPE) with a capacity of 300,000-t/y polypropylene (PP) with a capacity of 300,000-t/y, ethylene oxide (EO) with a capacity of 320,000-t/y and ethylene glycol (EG) with a capacity of 443,000-t/y.
Marun Petrochemical Company awarded in September 2000 the contracts for its PP and EO/EG plants to Italy's Tecnimont/Iran's Nargan and Tecnimont/Iran's PIDEC respectively (News Bulletin # 8&9).

NPC and Snamprogetti to study the construction of PDH & PP complexes

NPC and Italy's Snamprogetti will conduct a joint feasibility study for the construction of joint venture PDH and PP complexes. The PDH complex will produce propylene based on Snamprogetti's Fluidized Bed Propane Dehyrogenation technology. Output from the 390,000-t/y PDH complex will provide feed for a 300,000-t/y polypropylene (PP) facility. The complexes will be located at either Bandar Imam Khomeini or Assaluyeh. The feasibility study for the construction of the complexes is expected to be completed within 3.5 months. NPC and Snamprogetti have signed an MOM in this regard.

NPC floats bids for a fertilizer and an acetic acid project

NPC floated tender documents for its world-scale ammonia/urea complex in Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone (ParsEE), also known as Assaluyeh, on the northern coast of the Persian Gulf. It will have a capacity of 2050-t/d of ammonia and 3250-t/d of urea.
Tender documents call for provision of finance, license, basic and detailed engineering, equipment supply and technical assistance. Bidding will be closed on February 15, 2001.
Besides, tender documents for the Bandar Imam 150,000-t/y acetic acid project has been issued. Bidders are required to provide license, detailed and basic engineering, equipment supply and technical assistance as well as finance.

Negotiations for PA/DOP and CO projects to kick off in November

Technical and contract negotiations with bidders for Esfahan phthalic anhyride (PA) and di-octyle phthalate (DOP) and Bandar Imam CO projects will be kicked off on November 25, 2000.