Iranian President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami on 24 February 2004 officially inaugurated two NGL recovery units 1200,1300.
The plants, which were put into operation in Q2 and Q3 of 2003 respectively, provide an additional 48,500 b/d of feed for NPC's subsidiary Bandar Imam Petrochemical Complex (BIPC).

Fajr Petrochemical Co. (FPC), the NPC's wholly-owned centralized utility complex in Petrochemical Special Economic Zone in Bandar Imam is operational, delivering utilities to a host of petrochemical plants at the Zone.