Petrochemical Research & Technology Company (NPC-RT) of Iran and Haldor Topsoe A/S of Denmark have been, under a collaboration agreement signed two years ago, engaged in a joint effort to demonstrate new technologies for the petrochemical industry. It is with a great pleasure to announce that this collaboration has now resulted in a contract with Zagros Petrochemical Company to license technology, provide engineering and supply catalyst for a dimethyl ether (DME) plant.

The plant which is to be constructed at Bandar Assaluyeh, Iran with a capacity of 800,000 MTPY of DME, is based on technology and catalyst developed by Haldor Topsoe A/S for dehydration of methanol and made available in Iran by joint scientific and technical collaboration with NPC-RT.

The implementation of this project will result in a world-wide increase in DME production of more than 200% and represents a breakthrough for the application of DME as a green fuel.

For further information on the project, please contact Haldor Topsoe A/S at: jep@topsoe.dk and NPC-RT at: info@npc-rt.ir. For information on DME, please visit the International DME Association homepage: www.aboutdme.org.