Mohammadi, who is also Deputy Minister of Petroleum for Petrochemical
Affairs, said: “The National Petrochemical Company regards "product value
chain development" as a basic strategy for quality improvement and
intelligent development of the petrochemical industry.”
Speaking to NIPNA, Mohammadi pointed out that the propylene
chain is the most important value chain of products in the petrochemical
industry, but so far it has not been successful or its development has been insufficient.
He said that the major part of petrochemical imports is
about $600 million which is in the propylene chain. “This figure accounts for
40% of the total value of imports of petrochemical products,” he said.
He added: "In investigating the causes of insufficient
development of the propylene chain, we encountered cases such as problems and
obstacles to the production of propylene in the country, because we know that
if we produce enough propylene, the downstream chain will be attractive and
will develop. A million tons of propylene is produced in the country, and to
compensate for the shortage, we have defined plans that by the end of the
Seventh Development Plan, in 2026, our propylene production will reach about 4
million tons.”