Planning and Development

About planning and development management

The petrochemical industry, as a manifestation of the economy of resilience, is a symbol of self-confidence and economic endogeneity, as well as the country's vital highway in the field of non-oil and industrial exports. This dynamic and productive industry needs structured and sustainable development to continue value creation and enhance resource productivity; realization of such an approach is not possible without intelligent and comprehensive planning. To this end, the planning and development management in the position of the mastermind, relying on existing knowledge, expertise and valuable experience, has been able to successfully facilitate the path of the industry, its vision and future roadmap.

Planning and development at a glance

Policy making and regulation

Frequently Asked Questions

90%

Progress Percentage of the Sixth Development Plan

30%

Share of Nominal capacity installed in the Middle East

40%

Industry share of Non-Oil exports

Share of products trade in the Middle East

Main downstream industry development topics

Feasibility study of projects for sustainable and balanced development

As the heart of planning and development department, the office performs the following tasks:

Information and Communication Technology and Digital Transformation

Strategy, Planning and Monitoring

Trends,opportunities and threats

Market Research Office

Consulting and Information Services

History of Petrochemical Industry in Iran

Establishment of the Chemical Company and implementation of the construction plan of Marvdasht Fars Chemical Fertilizer Plant
1958
Establishment of the National Petrochemical Company with government ownership and under the auspices of the National Iranian Oil Company
1963
The birth of the petrochemical industry Development of the petrochemical industry in the form of three development plans: construction of Razi (Shahpour), Abadan, Pazargad, Ahvaz Carbon (Iran), Kharg, Farabi (Iran Nippon) petrochemical complexes, and Shiraz and Bandar Emam (Iran- Japan) petrochemical development projects
1963 - 1979
Stagnation until resumption of petrochemical activities (completion of some semi-finished projects and reconstruction of war-damaged complexes) Re-emergence of the petrochemical industry: Completion of some semi-finished projects, implementation of the first 5-year plan and reconstruction of war-damaged complexes - Completion and operation of a number of basic projects: Exploitation of projects such as Razi ammonium phosphate (1990), the first Shiraz methanol (1990), Bandar Imam (1994-1990), Isfahan (1992), the first phase of Arak (1993) and Ahvaz industrial soot (1994) petrochemical projects.
1980 - 1994
Implementation of the second five-year plan of the National Petrochemical Company with the aim of increasing profitability, enhanced exports, expanding privatization and increasing output and product diversity with special and new products Start of the first golden period of petrochemical industry and implementation of various petrochemical projects (first leap) - Implementation of the third five-year development plan of the National Petrochemical Company - Privatization of the petrochemical industry and transformation of the National Petrochemical Company into a supervisory governing body Continuation of the first-leap plans - implementation of the third five-year development plan of the National Petrochemical Company
1995 - 2009
Start of the fourth five-year development plan of the National Petrochemical Company The second leap of the petrochemical industry (including 45 petrochemical projects) - Continuation and implementation of the fourth and fifth five-year development plans of the National Petrochemical Company
2011 - 2025