NPC broke ground on 22 October for a new cracker and derivative units in the western province of Ilam. The complex will be built in an eighty-hectare area in the vicinity of Ilam gas refinery, which is already under construction.

NPC has awarded Technip-Coflexip of France the engineering, procurement and construction contract for a low-density polyethylene (ldPE) plant.

NPC has renewed its call for enhancing cooperation among Middle Eastern petrochemical producers through joint investment in order to avoid unnecessary competition and overcapacity.