Speaking on the sidelines of the visit of
Uzbekistan's Deputy Minister of Energy, Abdijamil Imiaminovitch, to the 16th Iran
Plast International Exhibition on Saturday, Hossein Alimurad stated that the
cooperation capacities between Iran and Uzbekistan are very high, adding: “Based
on the talks I had in Uzbekistan earlier, a joint working group is supposed to
be established between the two countries to develop relations between the two
countries in the field of petrochemicals as well as oil and gas.”
Stating that daily equivalent to 1.1 million barrels
of crude oil feedstock is converted into petrochemicals in Iran's petrochemical
complexes, he said: “Currently, the nominal capacity of petrochemical complexes
in Iran is about 91 million tons per year, of which 65 million tons are produced
practically.”
The head of international affairs of NPC added: “Iran
currently has 41 active petrochemical complexes and 38 projects under
construction in its two petrochemical hubs, namely, Mahshahr and Asalouyeh, and
in the next 10 years, four new petrochemical hubs with 30 new projects will be
added to this figure.”