Iranian Entity: National Petrochemical Company
| Entity Name: |
| National Petrochemical Company |
| Also Known As: |
| NPC National Iranian Petrochemical Company Petrochemical Commercial Company PCC National Petroleum Company National Petroleum Corporation |
| Program: |
| Chemical, Nuclear |
| Address: |
| - No.46, Haft Tir Square, P.O. Box 11365-3484, Karimkhan Zand Boulevard, Tehran - Sheikh Bahaei St., PO Box 19395-6896,Tehran - No. 104, Sheikh Bahaei Blvd. MalIa Sadra Ave. Tehran, Iran |
| Phone Number: |
| 0098-21-8059760; 0098-21-81081; 0098-21-8309060; 88059760; (+9821) 886 012 53 |
| Fax: |
| 0098-21-8822087; (+9821) 886 012 55 |
| URL: |
www.nipc.net |
| E-Mail: |
webmaster@nipc.net |
| Text: |
Listed by the British government in 2008 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement, and has had export licenses both granted and denied by that government; listed by the Japanese government in 2007 as an entity of concern for proliferation relating to nuclear and chemical weapons; intended recipient of components for a petrochemical plant, the procurement of which was denied on March 30, 2007, by a member state of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG); state-owned subsidiary of Iran's Petroleum Ministry; parent company handling policy-making, planning, directing and overseeing the activities of subsidiaries and production complexes operating in the petrochemical and chemical sectors; products include chemicals, fertilizers, polymers, aromatics, fuel and hydrocarbons; markets and exports products through its subsidiary the Petrochemical Commercial Company (PCC); conducts research through Petrochemical Research and Technology Company; operates multiple projects in two special economic zones on the Persian Gulf Coast (Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, or PETZONE, and Pars Special Economic/Energy Zone, or PARSEE). Subsidiaries include: Razi Petrochemical Company (RPC) (see separate entity record) Majority shareholder in the following companies: Arvand Petrochemical Company Minority shareholder of the following companies: Amir Kabir Petrochemical Company Also affiliated to the following companies (overseen by PCC): Engineering & Supplying Petrochemical Industries Parts Equipment & Chemical Company (SPEC) Other subsidiary and affiliated companies: Andimeshk Petrochemical Company Previously owned Arak Petrochemical Company (ARPC), Esfahan Petrochemical Company (EPC), and Kharg Petrochemical Company (KPC); established in 1964; board of directors consists of Gholamhossein Nozari (Minister of Petroleum & Chairman), Gholam Hossein Nejabat (President & Vice Chairman), Mehdi Aghajani (Managing Director of NPC Int'l ), and Reza Afshin (Production Control) as of January 2008; executive directors are Gholam Hossein Nejabat, Mohammad Hadi Rahbari (Managing Director of NPC Int'l), Mohammad Hassan Peyvandi Sani (Planning & Development), Mohammad Ali Zardbani (Commerce), Mahdi Aghajani (Finance), Reza Afshin, Jalil Ebrahimpour (Projects), and Ahmad Reza Harraf (Administration & Training) as of January 2008. |
| Date Entered: |
| 4/23/2008 |
| Date Last Modified: |
| 4/23/2008 |