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Article: IRAN - Shiraz Fertiliser Plant.
- Article from:
- APS Review Downstream Trends
- Article date:
- April 12, 1999
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This is the oldest of Iran's petrochemical plants. It was brought on stream in 1963, with the foundation laid in 1958 at Marudasht, 50 km from Shiraz. It was the only complex to be expanded during the Iran-Iraq war. Following expansions completed in 1985/86 and in the more recent years, the complex now consists of the following units (design capacity in '000 t/y):
- Ammonia 660
- Urea 720
- Sulphur 675
- Sulphuric acid966
- Phosphoric acid 240
- Monoammonium phosphate (MAP) 240
- Diammonium phosphate (DAP)240
- Ammonium nitrate 287
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