Speaking on Monday at the national meeting of public relations of
Iran's petrochemical industry, Hassan Abbaszadeh emphasized the important role
of public relations in building culture and directing the development plans of
the petrochemical industry.
Pointing out that the petrochemical industry received about 45 million
tons of feedstock equivalent to 914,000 barrels of crude oil per day from
upstream last year, he added: “This amount will reach about one million barrels
of crude oil at the end of this [calendar] year, which will be converted into
valuable products.”
The Director of Planning and Development of NPC underlined the current
65 production compounds and 3 utility complexes in the country with a
production capacity of 90 million tons, and said: “This industry sold 35.7
million tons of products in the domestic and export market last year, which in
total reaped around $23 billion for the country; it is estimated that the
income of this industry will reach $27 billion this year.”
Abbaszadeh stated that last year the petrochemical industry received about
$12 billion of hydrocarbons as feedstock, which has become $23 billion in this industry,
and continued: “Therefore, the value created by this industry from raw
materials has doubled. This shows the value creation of this industry.”