Ahmad Shokri stated on Monday (December 19) at the national meeting of
public relations of the Iranian petrochemical industry that 101 projects with
the required capital of $70 billion are currently underway in this industry in Iran,
adding: “About 67 of these projects are already active, and in total, with the
implementation of these 101 plans, 100 million tons will be added to the production
capacity of this industry.”
He stated that some challenges of the petrochemical industry can be addressed
by relying on the existing capacities of public relations, and added that providing
financial resources, hard currency, land, feedstock, and goods and equipment
are among the challenges of implementing petrochemical projects.
The NPC official continued: “In the current situation, the Persian
Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (PGPIC) has 22 projects with a total
investment of $16 billion in hand, seven of which have progressed more than 50%.”
Shokri stated the number of projects currently being implemented by
the Ahdaf Investment Company as 13 petrochemical projects with a total
investment of $7 billion, and said: “This company has made favorable
investments in the western regions of the country, out of the $3 billion of the
project defined in the western part of the country, $2 billion of projects have
been bankrolled by this company.”