TEHRAN, Dec. 13 (Shana) –Export of petrochemical products by Tabriz Petrochemical Company (TPC) rose by 16% in the first 8 months of the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 20 from the same period last year.
The company exported 116,000 tons of polymer products to several European countries during the period.
The company supplied 286,000 tons of products to domestic and foreign customers during the 8 months.
The company received demands from European customers over three times its total output during the period.
TPC is the biggest factory in northwestern Iran in terms of the value and volume of the products it supplies to markets.
It is a producer of several types of polyethylene and polystyrenes.
Source : Shana
ABOUT Tabriz Petrochemical Company :
Tabriz Petrochemical Company (TPC), established in 1990, operates a large production complex at Tabriz city suburb in north-west of Iran. The complex encompasses an area of 391 hectares at an altitude of 1362 metres above the sea level and is situated adjacent to Tabriz Refinery. Operating since1996, it mainly produces raw plastics such as polyethylenes, polystyrenes and ABS.
The main feedstock for the complex is light and heavy naphtha and Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG).Major portion of the feedstock is supplied by Tabriz Refinery and the rest by Tehran Refinery through pipeline and petrochemical companies at southern Iran by truck.
The water needed for the complex is supplied by the urban water network. TPC produces entire electrical power needed for its operation .
The Complex consists of several production units and some utility units.
The Olefins plant which acts as the mother unit of the Complex and supplies the feedstock to other units was commissioned in January 1996 and the latest unit of the Complex ( Hydrogenation of C4/C5 )in May 2013.
TPC is a Public Limited Liability Company ( PLC ) whose main shareholder is Tabriz Oil Refining Company that operates Tabriz Refinery.
