A down-up plan to develop downstream sector ofpetrochemical industry, with a case study onIran’s South Pars Zone

Establishment of downstream sector in petrochemical industry has been concerned bydeveloping countries with large oil and gas resources, however it requires contributionof SMEs to institute industrial clusters and federal supports. Although by a federalmanagement and investment, the upstream sector may be expanded, it is rarelyaddressed to be successful, if contributing directly in the downstream sector. Iran’sSouth Pars Zone takes advantage of having large petrochemical complexes forproduction of base products; however, the value chain seems incomplete, due to nodevelopment of the downstream sector.In this paper, instead of construction of industrial plants, related to the next productsafter the base petrochemicals (usual federal plans), it is proposed to develop theSMEs, to manufacture some end-use products based on the available basepetrochemicals in the region, so it is aimed to establish the vacant businesses relatedto midstream sector through a sequential and sustainable progress

کلیدواژه ها:

petrochemical industry ، SMEs ، South Pars Zone ، down-up method ، supply chain ، downstream.