Iranian President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami broke the ground for a 300,000 tonne/year low-density polyethylene project in Sanandaj, the provincial capital of Iran's western Kurdestan province.
The plant will take 4 years to complete. It will use 303,000 tonnes of ethylene and 5,000 tonnes of propylene as raw materials per year. The required ethylene feedstock will be supplied through a 1500km pipeline which extends from the Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone in Assaluyeh. The project, to be built in an area of 143 hectares, will create 200 job opportunities playing a direct role in developing downstream industries in the region.