Morteza Shahmirzaei stated that one of the important and valuable
strategies of the administration and the Ministry of Petroleum is to localize
the needs of the petrochemical industry, stating that the localization of
technical savvy and catalysts will lead to the boom in production, economic
development and job creation.
Emphasizing on the use of all available capacities of the country in
order to implement the localization strategy, he added: “According to the
comprehensive catalyst document, there is still a long way to go until the
complete localization of the catalysts needed by the petrochemical industry.”
The Deputy Minister of Petroleum for Petrochemical Affairs stated:
“Fortunately, the issue of sanctions on Iran's petrochemical industry,
especially in the access to technologies sector, has led researchers and
experts to acquire many technologies such as the production of catalysts.”
Shahmirzaei clarified: “There is no concern about the supply of
catalysts in Iran, because Iranian researchers have moved towards their
domestication, and there is no risk of production stoppage due to the lack of
catalysts, and Iran has even become an exporter of catalysts.”
The NPC CEO continued: “With the activation of energy diplomacy in the
field of the petrochemical industry, many negotiations and discussions were
conducted with officials of neighboring countries and other countries in
different parts of the world and studies have been conducted on the capacity of
different countries.”
He also said: “After several rounds of negotiations and discussions
with several countries, including Russia, a list of products and equipment
needed by a northern neighbor was provided to us, and their export is
underway.”