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چهارشنبه 11 خرداد 1390
A senior Iranian Oil Ministry official says plans are underway to turn the Chabahar Free Zone in south of the country into one of Iran's petrochemical hubs.
BENA- '' The move will spur job creation and sustainable development in Chabahar,'' said Mohsen Khojasteh Mehr.
He underlined that a host of programs are on the agenda to turn Chabahar into a petrochemical hub, including five methanol, ammonia and urea projects.
“Two proposed olefin 18 and 19 projects will also be implemented in this zone (Chabahar) and will need some 206 million tons of ethane per day,” he added.
Khojasteh Mehr described Chabahar's contiguity with the sea as a “blessing” since the water can be used for cooling purposes.
He said Chabahar's “strategic advantage” is that it has direct access to the high seas, cutting short the distance to target markets by 1,000 km compared to the Persian Gulf route.
This comes as Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad also announced last week that the Islamic Republic has achieved self-sufficiency in oil products despite mounting Western sanctions.
Speaking after the inauguration of a major gasoline production project in the southern city of Abadan, President Ahmadinejad hailed efforts made by Iranian experts and oil industry workers to overcome the “enemy's bad-temperedness and hardships.”
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