Addressing a press conference on Tuesday, Rashid
Qanei said that once 4 projects of the company come online by the next 18
months, 360,000 tons and nearly $700 million will be added to its production
and income respectively.
“Petrol
has three petrochemical production companies in Urmia, Ilam and Lordegan and
eight production projects, of which the petrochemical projects of Sadaf, Armand
Lordegan and Arghavan Gostar of Ilam have made more progress than the other
projects,” he said.
Regarding Urmia Petrochemical Plant, which has a
diverse mix of products and in addition to exports, provides domestic needs, he
added: "Polyaluminum Chloride unit was defined in the past to be
implemented in Urmia Petrochemical Plant using the byproduct of hydrochloric
acid in this complex, and the problem was funding that has now been resolved.”