The plant did this by optimizing its feedstock intake
and changing the arrangement of the unit’s furnaces.
According to Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company, the plant
minimized the unit’s energy intensity while optimizing productivity of the same
unit in such a way that its output is over 90% of the intake. This is a record
in production of the unit in recent years.
The main feedstock of Bandar Imam Petrochemical Plant
is gas liquids (NGL) received from the National Iranian South Oil Company
(NISOC). After entering the complex and separating in the NF unit, this gas
provides various products such as ethane and pentane, which are the main
feedstock of the company's olefin unit.
Reduction in the feedstock received from NISOC and
severe fluctuations in ethane shipments this year caused an imbalance and
created challenges in the production of ethylene and other items produced at
the olefin unit, but with the efforts of the company’s executives and experts
and considering the unit's capabilities and alternative and available
feedstock, ethylene production problems have been largely resolved.