Table of Contents
Executive Summary — 5 SWOT
Analysis — 7 Iran Petrochemicals Industry
SWOT — 7 Iran Political SWOT — 8 Iran
Economic SWOT — 8 Iran Business Environment
SWOT — 9 Global Market Overview — 10
Global Ethylene Capacities — 10 Table: World Ethylene
Production By Country, 2008 And 2013 (‘000 tonnes
capacity) — 10 Polypropylene — 13
Global Oil Products Market Review — 16 Table Global Oil
Prices, 2003-2013 (US$ per barrel) — 20 Gulf Regional
Overview — 21 Table: Announced Ethylene Cracker Projects
In The Gulf Region — 23 Iran Market
Overview — 24 Table: Iran’s Olefins Capacities,
January 2009 — 25 Table: Iran’s Polymer Capacities,
January 2009 — 26 Impact Of Pricing
Mechanism — 27 Table: Iran’s Petrochemical Sector
– Cracker Capacity Data And Forecasts, 2006-2013
(‘000tpa) — 27 Petrochemicals Business
Environment — 28 Table: Middle East And Africa
Petrochemicals Business Environment Ratings — 28 Limits Of
Potential Returns — 29 Risks To Realisation Of
Returns — 29 Industry Trends And
Developments — 31 Privatisation — 32
Sanctions And The Petrochemicals Sector — 33 West Ethylene
Pipeline — 34 NPC News — 35 Pars
Petrochemical — 38 Table: JV NPC Projects Planned, In
Progress Or Completed In Petrochemical Special Economic Zone And Pars
SEZ — 40 Iran-Turkey relations — 41
Iran-Indonesia relations — 42 Industry Developments
– Related Industries — 42 Industry Forecast
Scenario — 44 Table: Iran’s Petrochemicals Sector
Forecasts, 2007-2013 — 46 Macroeconomic
Outlook — 47 Table: Iran – Economic Activity,
2006-2013 — 49 Company Profiles — 50
National Petrochemical Company (NPC) — 50 Karoon
Petrochemical Company — 52 Country Snapshot: Iran
Demographic Data — 53 Section 1:
Population — 53 Table: Demographic Indicators,
2005-2030 — 53 Table: Rural/Urban Breakdown,
2005-2030 — 54 Section 2: Education And
Healthcare — 54 Table: Education,
2002-2005 — 54 Table: Vital Statistics,
2005-2030 — 54 Section 3: Labour Market And Spending
Power — 55 Table: Employment Indicators,
1996-2005 — 55 Table: Consumer Expenditure, 2000-2012
(US$) — 56 Table: Average Annual Manufacturing Wages,
2000-2012 — 56 BMI Methodology — 57
How We Generate Our Industry Forecasts — 57 Chemicals And
Petrochemicals Industry — 57 Cross
Checks — 58 Business Environment
Ratings — 59 Table: Petrochemicals Business Environment
Indicators And Rationale — 60
Weighting — 60 Table: Weighting Of
Indicators — 61
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