INTRODUCTION

Farsa Chimie Company (FCC) as a large scale manufacturer of Ethylene Glycols (EG) mainly Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG), a starting material essentially for production of Poly Ethylene Terephthalate (PET) polyester and for antifreeze formulation put into operation in Dec 2007.
Currently, FCC plant is under operation in an area of 11 hectares at Jam Petrochemical Complex which is located in Assaluyeh on coastline of Persian Gulf. The company by making use of advanced technology is designed to produce annually 400 Kt/y Mono Ethylene Glycol (MEG), 40 Kt/y Di Ethylene Glycol (DEG), 2.8 Kt/y Tri Ethylene Glycol (TEG) to meet the growing global demand and export to international markets. The primary design case is based on production of MEG as the main product and DEG and TEG as by-products. In addition, the plant is designed for purification of 50 Kt/y HP Ethylene Oxide (EO) as a future project and also is capable to recycle part of DEG to the glycol reaction in order to increase the TEG production.

Jam Petrochemical Complex (JPC) is responsible for implementing of the 10th olefin project in an area of 77 hectares which more than 40 hectares has been reclaimed from the sea. This company will be one of country’s largest olefin plants with the final production capacity of 1,320 Kt/y including HDPE, LDPE, BD, PP and alpha olefin.

The MEG plant is located at Jam Petrochemical Complex but it has been owned totally by Farsa Chimie Company (private sector) since March 2004.

Moreover, the required ethane-based ethylene feedstock of MEG Plant is supplied by Jam petrochemical and Arya Sasol olefin Plants.