Economy of Resistance vital for flourishing petrochemical industry

EghtesadOnline: Director of the Public Relations Department at Arya Sasol Polymer Company (ASPC) cited Economy of Resistance as a successful model for flourishing Iran's petrochemical industry, it was reported on Sunday.

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11 December 2016

Talking to IRNA, Faramarz Parizi underscored that despite restrictions over nuclear sanctions, the industry has managed to implement the policy of the Economy of Resistance as instructed by Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei.

Thanks to its access to the Persian Gulf waterway, huge gas resources and proximity of the region to all the world continents, Iran, Parizi underscored, enjoys vast potentials for business in the petrochemical sector.

'As a major gas olefin production company in Assalouyeh, ASPC, has engaged more than 930 skilled workforce directly and 2,500 others indirectly,' he said.

Parizi noted that there is no need to foreign specialists' consultation.

Parizi said his company's mission is production of high quality ethylene and polyethylene in a healthy, safe and environment friendly atmosphere, with special outlook to human assets and optimal management of resources to meet the needs of customers and other beneficiaries of the organization.

ASPC is the top producer of light polyethylene with film grade and the first producer of the high density medium-heavy polyethylene along with the gas technology.

The Arya Sasol Polymer Company is producer of ethylene and polyethylene in Assalouyeh in South Pars Energy Special Economic Zone, covering an area of 72 hectares in Persian Gulf coasts and in the far western part of the first phase of the petrochemical projects around exporting port.

The installed petrochemical industry capacity of the country is nearly 63 million tons/year and by the next nine years will reach 130 million tons.

Asalouyeh port is 280 kms from south of Bushehr Province, hosting implementation of South Pars gas field development projects. It has 27 jetties with the capacity of receiving more than 43 million tons/year export consignments. Concurrently high tonnage ships can berth in the port's jetty.