BAKU, Azerbaijan, Nov. 23
By Elnur Baghishov – Trend:
Iran's Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company has increased vinyl chloride monomer production by 70 tons annually, Executive Director of the company Hamidreza Rostami said, Trend reports citing the company’s website.
According to Rostami, the company currently produces about 520 tons of vinyl chloride monomer per year.
“However, before the overhaul, the company was able to produce about 450 tons of vinyl chloride monomer per year,” he said.
The director noted that the overhaul of the company began on October 30, 2021 and was completed in 14 days.
“During the overhaul, the catalysts of 5 reactors were replaced and certain equipment was renewed,” Rostami added.
Iran's Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company is located on 270 hectares of land in the Fars Province (southern Iran). The company can produce 1 million tons of ethane, 1.96 million tons of propane, 1.57 million tons of butane, 1.41 million tons of pentane plus, 30,000 thousand tons of raffinate C4 per year.
The company can also produce 411,000 tons of ethylene, 118,000 tons of polypropylene chemical grade, 64,000 tons of polypropylene polymer grade, 26,000 tons of butadiene, 180,000 tons of vinyl chloride, 440,000 tons of ethylene dichloride, 63,300 tons of hydrochloric acid, 6,600 tons of bleach, 150,000 tons of heavy polyethylene, 100,000 tons of light polyethylene, 4,000 tons of artificial rubber per year.
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