Iranian President Seyyed Mohammad Khatami broke the ground for the Mahabad Petrochemical Complex. The facility will consist of a swing 300,000 tonne/year linear low-density polyethylene/high-density polyethylene (lldPE/hdPE) plant and a 30,000 tonne/year 1-butene unit. It will be built in the city of Mahabad, Iran's Western Azerbaijan province. The facility will consume 324,000 tonne/year of ethylene which will be supplied through a 1500km pipeline which extends from the Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone in Assaluyeh.