Lorestan and Mahabad Petrochemical Companies select Basell's Spherilene technology
Lorestan Petrochemical Company and Mahabad Petrochemical Company, affiliates of Iran's National Petrochemical Company (NPC), have both selected Basell's Spherilene technology for the new LLD/HDPE swing plants they intend to build in Iran. The Lorestan Petrochemical plant will be built in Khoramabad in Lorestan province, while the Mahabad Petrochemical plant will be built in Mahabad in West Azerbaijan province of Iran. Each plant will have an annual capacity of 300 KT with start-up planned for 2008. Tecnimont of Italy was selected as the EP contractor for the new plants, together with NARGAN of Iran.
The new plants will be part of NPC's 11th Olefin project. Ethylene feedstock will be supplied from an ethane gas cracker located at Al Assaluyeh. A 1500 kilometre pipeline will connect the cracker with five petrochemical sites located in the western provinces of Iran.
In addition to the two new Spherilene plants, the 11th Olefin project includes a 300 KT per year HDPE Hostalen plant and a 300 KT per year LDPE Lupotech T plant, both licensed by Basell.
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