Iran's Gharb Petrochemical Complex select Basell's Hostalen technology for a new 300 KT HDPE plant
Uhde GmbH of Germany was selected as the engineering contractor for the new plant, together with Sazeh of Iran.
To date, five Hostalen licenses have been granted in Iran, whereas the global licensed annual capacity is well over four million tonnes.
Hostalen is a dual reactor, low-pressure, slurry process for the production of HDPE. The two reactors can be operated in series or in parallel, to customize product properties.
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