Shiraz Petrochemical Company

Shiraz Petrochemical Company, as the first production unit of Iran’s petrochemical industries, started operating in 1342 to produce nitrogen fertilizers.

This company is located 45 kilometers from Shiraz city, in the vicinity of the Ker River and near Maroodasht. The size of the company is 692 hectares, of which 202 hectares are industrial areas. The height of the company is about 1600 meters above sea level. The company started with the operation of 4 production units of ammonia, urea, nitric acid and ammonium nitrate as well as the supply unit of ancillary services (water, electricity, steam and compressed air) and after that, according to the needs of the country, the development plans Many have been implemented.

The first development plan of the company was implemented in 1352 with the operation of Sodaash unit, and then in 1355, the development process continued with the construction of STPP and DAP units. One of the biggest development projects of the company reached the operational stage in 2014. In this project, new ammonia, urea, nitric acid, and ammonium nitrate production units with a capacity equal to 10 times the old units, along with chlorine-alkali, methanol, perchlorine, and argon units were put into operation in 1367, 1369, 1372, and 1373, respectively. With the continuation of the development process and following the removal of old units from the production cycle, the third Urea and Ammonia project of Shiraz Petrochemical was put into operation in 2015. Using this plan, 677,000 tons of ammonia and 1,073,000 tons of urea will be produced annually, which will play an important role in meeting the needs of the country and also supply to the world markets.