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IPF Exclusive / May 2003 |
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Fifth Iran
Petrochemical Forum | Summit 2003 |
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A
Mammoth
Project
Iran’s first-ever centralized utility plant was inaugurated. |
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The light and lifeline of the PETZONE
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As the first
and the largest successful centralized utility project experienced
in the country, this great $500 million project for was
constructed in around 3 years. |
Iran will witness a twofold increase in the production
capacity of petrochemicals by 2005, when the third five-year economic
development plan will come to an end. The share of the country’s industrial
sector in the gross domestic product (GDP) will increase from 17% in 2000 (the
start of the third plan) to 23.5% in 2005. This will in itself serve as a huge
market for intermediate industrial products, particularly, petrochemicals.
Iran’s flourishing petrochemical industry will in turn play a central role in
this process.
Iran enjoys a considerable share of the oil reserves of the
Middle East and the world (14% and 9% respectively), as well as 26% of the
regions gas reserves (the equivalent to 16% of reserves worldwide).
Furthermore, Iran boasts an abundance of energy reserves, skilled labor and
educated human resources which are believed to facilitate foreign investment.
Iran enjoys high manufacturing capacities, adequate infrastructure, and access
to regional markets. These facts and figures indicate that the country is
resolute in increasing its share of petrochemical production and export. In
2000, Iran’s share of petrochemical capacities in the world market was no more
than 0.5% and plans have been made to boost this figure to more than 2% by
2005. Moreover, the strategic location of Iran provides foreign investors with
the advantage of accessing markets in the region.
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Seyed
Morteza Sanaie,
FPC Managing Director |
A mammoth project was brought on-stream in Bandar Imam
Khomeini Special Petrochemical Trade Zone (PETZONE), inline with expanding the
petrochemical industry and coinciding with the fifth gathering of the leaders
of the petrochemical industry in Iran Petrochemical Forum (IPF). The Fajr
Petrochemical Company (FPC) and the National Petrochemical Company (NPC)
opened Iran’s first-ever centralized utility plant. This plant is truly the
heart of the PETZONE, pumping water and electricity –the lifeline of economic
development– throughout the entire zone.
It is worth noting that if it were not for the on-time
completion of the Fajr utility plant, none of the projects in the 2,000
hectare PETZONE would be able to commence production. The fact that the Fajr
project was completed on time and at a relatively low price is a testimony to
the fact that Iranian and foreign companies can work together and that they
have gained immense capabilities in accepting and efficiently completing major
industrial projects. The Fajr utility plant is indeed an indispensable part of
the PETZONE, which was established to develop the region’s trade and industry
(particularly petrochemical) and to serve regional and national interests,
employ hi-tech and generate vacancies.
The PETZONE is linked to Turkey, Europe
and the Central Asia by rail and is located in the vicinity of the gigantic
petrochemical plants of Bandar-e Imam, Razi and Farabi. Situated in the middle
of oil fields, the PETZONE is located within easy reach of oil and gas
reserves and international shipping routes. So far nine petrochemical
companies and 42 entrepreneurs from the private sector have made their way
into the zone. 85% of the construction process of the infrastructure
installations and facilities undertaken by the PETZONE has so far been
finalized. Some 50 primary petrochemical products will soon be developed in
the zone.
In order to make optimum use of infrastructural
potentialities and to reduce the volume of capital investment, the Fajr
centralized utility project was approved and established in 1998.
The Fajr Petrochemical Company, under the leadership of its
Managing Director, Seyed Morteza Sanaie, started implementing the projects in
the beginning of 1999. As construction activities and installation of
different units and equipment were carried on, the project gradually commenced
operation by February 2002. The project has been providing utilities to the
processing complexes of the PETZONE as well as a part of the electricity
requirements of the Razi and Bandar Imam petrochemical complexes for sometime
now. The complex, which stretches some 30 hectares, is fed by 7,000 cubic
meters of water per hour from the Karoon River and 7 million cubic meters of
natural gas per day supplied from the National Gas Network via pipelines.
Offsite Facilities: Subsidiary
services and offsite networks have been established to distribute generated
utilities among process complexes all across the PETZONE, as well as
collecting all types of wastewaters from these complexes and treated waste
water for integration of green areas in PETZONE. These networks are executed
in order to distribute seven different water, power, steam, air, nitrogen and
oxygen to process complexes and collect the condensed steam and effluent to
centralized utilities complex and Effluent Treatment plant.
Effluent Treatment Plant:
This
wastewater purification plant has been established in two phases with a
retrieval capacity of 460m3/h in order to ensure the observation of all the
environmental standards and creation and preservation of a green natural
environment across the special economic zone. The first phase has been in
operation as of October 2002. This unit is designed in order to treat and
purify polluted waters including oily polluted waters, chemical effluents and
sanitary effluents.
The timely supply of quality products to clients is among
the principles of the Fajr Petrochemical Company. Generation of oxygen,
nitrogen and different types of industry water with high degrees of purity and
their supply before the inauguration of process complexes in the region is, in
itself, a testimony to this assertion.
As the first and the largest successful centralized utility
project experienced in the country, this great $500 million project for was
constructed in around 3 years. Total quantity of work is shown in the table
below.
Quantities
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Description |
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Quantity |
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Piping |
A\G Piping |
ID |
417000 |
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U\G Piping |
ID |
93000 |
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Tanks |
Weight |
Ton |
6300 |
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Steel Structures
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Ton |
12000 |
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Static & Rotary Equipments
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Ton |
16500 |
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Concreting |
m3 |
98000 |
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Earth Filling, Embankment
& Consolidations |
m3 |
450000 |
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Cabling |
Km |
1050 |
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Piling |
Total Length of Driving
Piles |
Km |
227 |
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Consumed Man Power for
Construction |
Man Hours |
23,000,000 |
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The project consists of the following
projects and sub-projects which are shown in the table below.
Products
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Utilities & Centralized Offsite Facilities for PSEZ
Process Units |
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Amir Kabir PC, Bou Ali PC, Tondgoyan PC, Chimi Baft PC,
Khozestan PC, Fanavaran PC, etc |
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Air Separation Unit |
Service Air |
16500 Nm3/h |
143 Compressors, 2 Cold Boxes, Lin & Lox tanks, etc. |
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Instrument Air |
15500 Nm3/h |
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Nitrogen |
18000 Nm3/h |
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Oxygen |
19000 Nm3/h |
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Steam & Power Generation Plant |
Electricity |
585 MW |
GT (5 x 117)MW |
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Steam |
830 Ton/h |
HRSG (4 x 182) T/HR+Aux, Boilers (2 x 50) |
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Water Treatment Plant |
RO Water |
3900 m3/h |
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DM Water |
980 m3/h |
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Service Water |
400 m3/h |
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Potable Water |
250 m3/h |
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Feed |
Water |
Natural Gas |
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Rate |
7000 m3/h |
220,000 m3/h |
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Source |
Karoon River |
Gachsaran |
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