MOSCOW (MRC) -- Iran is in discussions with Air Liquide regarding prospects of building a Propylene via Methanol (PVM) plant in the country, as per an Iranian petrochemical official, reported Plastemart.
PVM technology is used to convert methanol into propylene. Over the past two years, Iran focused on acquiring PVM technology, launching its first PVM pilot plant in Mahshahr city in early 2015, producing 120,000 tons of propylene from methanol, as per Xinhua.
Esmaeil Qambari, managing director of Iran’s Petrochemical Research and Technology Company said, "we discussed with Air Liquide the potential for a scientific partnership to develop a 500,000 ton PVM plant in Iran."
As MRC informed previously, currently number of active Iranian Petrochemical complexes are 53, with total production capacity of 59 million metric ton, producing range of polymers, chemicals, aromatics & liquid gas, located mainly at Iranian south region, next to Persian Gulf, called Assaluyeh and Mahshahr Special Economic Zones.
At the moment, there are 67 developments projects in the country which are under construction, adding 61 million metric ton on total production and estimated to fully run till 2018.
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