The Islamic Republic of Iran is planning some projects to ease its propylene shortages, market sources informed SSESSMENTS.COM. A local media reported that Iran’s current propylene capacity stood at 985,000 tons/year, with an annual shortage of the item of 175,000 tons. Iran’s propylene shortages are expected to reach 700,000 tons by 2025-2026, the report added.
To tackle the expected shortages, the country is considering two main projects which are aimed to increase its propylene capacity to 3.0-3.5 million tons. The first project is the Assaluyeh-Marvdasht southern line which will be developed by the National Petrochemical Company (NPC). Assaluyeh has methanol surplus that will be used to produce propylene and then transported via a 430-kilometre pipeline to a storage hub in Marvdasht.
The second project is the Alborz pipeline which will ship propylene produced from natural gas in Amirabad to Damghan. Market sources told SSESSMENTS.COM that the propylene would then be distributed to Khorasan Razavi, North Khorasan, Semnan, South Khorasan, and its proximities.
The sources also said the NPC would also develop projects for the production of propylene value chain in western Iran. These projects will be either GTPP (gas to propylene) or MTP (methanol to propylene and aimed to ease Iran’s dependence on propylene imports. The Petrochemical Research and Technology Company (PRTC) will provide technological solutions to build the projects.
