AcHassan Abbaszadeh said: "The petrochemical industry
is very important in the production chain of the oil industry by reducing crude
sales and supplying valuable products from hydrocarbon sources."
The Planning and Development Director of the National
Petrochemical Company noted the petrochemical industry’s roadmap, and stated: “The
National Petrochemical Company is the architect, leader and policy-maker of the
petrochemical industry development. Although development and investment in this
sector is not currently carried out by the government, the National
Petrochemical Company, in its leading role, encourages investors to bankroll
projects in this industry.”
Abbaszadeh said: "The development of the recent
roadmap, which has been done in the past year, is based on completing the value
chain and diversifying the products of the petrochemical industry and reducing
the import of petrochemical items.”
He added: "In the petrochemical industry roadmap, a
total of 10 projects of the second leap projects still remain to be exploited
and 40 projects in the form of the third leap project are among the projects
that will be put into operation by 2025.”
This set of these 40 projects will increase Iran’s petrochemical
production capacity from 100 million tons to 133 million tons, with a required
investment of $20 billion, he argued.