Catalysts

EghtesadOnline: Three petrochemical companies in southern Iran have been collaborating with domestic catalyst producers and knowledge-based firms to indigenize catalysts.

EghtesadOnline: The Majlis Research Center in a report said Iran will need 29,000 tons of catalysts annually by 2026 worth an estimated $692 million for the petrochemical, refining and gas sectors, head of the Catalyst Technology Development Department of the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry said.

EghtesadOnline: Experts of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company are producing 80% of catalysts required for manufacturing oil products, the company's commercial manager said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran will have produced $215 million worth of catalysts for the petrochemical industry by 2022, managing director of the Petrochemical Research and Technology Company said.

EghtesadOnline: Iran's Research Institute of Petroleum Industry signed a contract with a private company to indigenize hydrocracking and reduced crude desulfurization (RCD) catalysts used for gasoline production.