Info:
A subsidiary of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company, for which it acts as a producing and project implementing company;
Intended recipient of a mobile 70 kVA multi-channel heat treatment unit (including associated control equipment and electrical accessories for use with the unit), the procurement of which was denied on December 22, 2004, by a member state of the Nuclear Suppliers Group (NSG);
Produces Ethylene, Propylene, Butene-1, HD/LLDPE, Benzene, Ethylbenzene, Styrene, Toluene, Polystyrenes, Butadiene, C4 Raffinate and ABS; in a seven-month period beginning March 21, 2007, reportedly exported 22 thousand tons of polymer products to 25 countries, among which Turkey, Pakistan and China were the major importers; the intended recipient of spare parts for “Joy compressors,” which Chemical Industries Consolidated (CIC) of Netherlands and Petrochemical Commercial Co. (UK) Ltd. (PCC) sought to procure in 2002 without the required U.S. government authorization, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS);
According to Parsian Oil and Gas Development Company website:
As Parsian Oil and Gas Development Co. (POGDC) has accessed the administrative management of Tabriz refinery’s stocks in recent years, the company has also achieved its long term objective of investing in a petro-refining complex. Thereby, POGDC board management approved the purchase and transfer of Tabriz Petrochemical’s shares to Tabriz Oil Refining Co., accordingly fulfilling the objective of creating a petro-refining complex;
Also Known As:
Tabriz Petrochemical Co.
TPC
Tabriz Petrochemical Complex
Tabriz Petrochemical Plant
Involved In:
Nuclear Weapon Program
Missile Weapon program
Chemical Weapon Program
Country:
Iran
Address:
No.11, Tenth Street, Ghaem Magham Farahani Ave., Tehran, Iran
No. 46, 10th Floor, Karimkhan land Blvd., Tehran, Iran
No 11 10th Street, Tehran, Iran
P.O. Box 15875-6453, Tehran, Iran
Off Km 8, Azarshahr Road, Kojuvar Road, Tabriz, Iran
Phone:
(+9821) 883 058 31, 218731372, 834808, (+9821) 8737620
Website:
www.tpco.ir
Reason for the color:
» As part of the re-imposition of U.S. sanctions on Iran, added on November 5, 2018 to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), freezing its assets under U.S. jurisdiction and prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties, pursuant to Executive Order 13599, which targets entities controlled by the Government of Iran and Iranian financial institutions; foreign parties facilitating transactions for the entity or otherwise assisting the entity are subject to U.S. sanctions;
» Listed by the British government in 2015 as an entity of potential concern for WMD-related procurement, and has had export licenses both granted and denied by that government;
» The Iran list from British government which gave information about entities, companies and organization in Iran, has been withdrawn from GOV.UK;
» In a seven-month period beginning March 21, 2007, reportedly exported 22 thousand tons of polymer products to 25 countries, among which Turkey, Pakistan and China were the major importers; the intended recipient of spare parts for “Joy compressors,” which Chemical Industries Consolidated (CIC) of Netherlands and Petrochemical Commercial Co. (UK) Ltd. (PCC) sought to procure in 2002 without the required U.S. government authorization, according to the U.S. Department of Commerce, Bureau of Industry and Security (BIS);
» Added to the Specially Designated Nationals (SDN) list maintained by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) on May 31, 2013;
» Removed from the SDN list in January 2016 as part of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action, but identified as a part of the Government of Iran, prohibiting transactions with U.S. parties;