Behzad Mohammadi, the NPC CEO, and Vajihollah Jafari, the Deputy
Minister of Industry, Mines and Trade and the CEO of IMIDRO, visited the
infrastructures, ports and Soroush Sustainable Energy Project and were briefed
about the latest ongoing activities in the area last Wednesday.
On the sidelines of the visit, Behzad Mohammadi, who is also
deputy petroleum minister for petrochemical affairs, thanked IMIDRO for
providing the infrastructure of the region, and told reporters: “IMIDRO has
made a good investment in construction of this region and has worked hard and
soon Parsian region will become the new hub of petrochemical industry.”
He added: “20 million cubic meters of gas has been allocated
to this region and the transfer of other feedstocks for this region is being
planned and in addition to oil and gas feedstocks, the transfer of basic
products from Assaluyeh petrochemical region is also being studied.”
Mohammadi continued: “2,200 hectares have been allocated to
the development of petrochemical plants in this region and the development of projects
will help prosperity and employment in the area. Currently, the National
Petrochemical Industries Company has issued various licenses for the presence
of petrochemical plants in the Parsian region. One of these projects is Soroush
Sustainable Energy project, which is a GTX project.”
Parsian Port ready to export petrochemical products
Jafari, for his part, said that the Parsian port would be prepared
for exporting petrochemicals by the end of the current Iranian calendar year
which began on March 21.