Morvarid Petrochemical Co.
The assaluyeh ethylene plant was part of the kharg olefin complex which in accordance to NPC resolution No. Pp 1-111/592 dated 19 March 2006, the ethylene project has been assigned to Morvarid Petrochemical Company. The plant’s feed shall be supplied from the production of ethane from south pars plants for a capacity of 650t/y. The plant’s production capacity is 500,000 t/y of ethylene which shall be injected into the west ethylene pipe line.
| About the company | ۴۶.۵۵ percent of Morvarid Petrochemical Company is owned by Petrofarhang. The plant’s feed is supplied from ethane produced in South Pars plants with a capacity of 650 KTA. The Ethylene Unit is designed to convert Ethane to Ethylene. The plant’s production capacity is 500,000 t/y of ethylene which is injected into the west ethylene pipe line.
In addition to ethylene (as the major product), Morvarid also operates the MEG plant (as its largest petrochemical investment), which produces basic petrochemicals like mono-ethylene glycol. |
| Main Products/ Design Capacity | Ethylene: 500 KTA
C۳+ Hydrocarbons: 47 KTA MEG: 500 KTA DEG: 50 KTA TEG:3.4 KTA |
| Feedstock | Ethane: 650 KTA |
| Location | Morvarid petrochemical Company is located on a 20-Hectare area in Pars special economic energy zone, Northern coast of the Persian Gulf. |
| Products Application | Ethylene: Raw material for production of polyethylene and ethylene glycols.
Ethylene Glycol: Raw material for production of PET, automotive antifreeze and coolants, electrolytic capacitors, softeners textile and deicing fluid. |
Morvarid`s Main Products (thousand metric tons per year)
| Products | Products Capacity | Feedstock | licensors | On Stream |
| Ethylene | ۵۰۰ | Ethane:642 | Technip | February, 2010 |
| C3+ Hydrocarbons | ۴۷ | Ethane | Technip | February, 2010 |
| MEG | ۵۰۰ | Ethylene:340 | Shell | ۲۰۱۵ |
| Oxygen: 368 | ||||
| DEG | ۵۰ | Ethylene:340 | Shell | ۲۰۱۵ |
| Oxygen: 368 | ||||
| TEG | ۳.۴ | Ethylene:340 | Shell | ۲۰۱۵ |
| Oxygen: 368 |