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Asaluyeh 27°29'N 052°32'E

Asaluyeh (also Romanized as 'Asaluyeh; also known as Asalu, and sometimes prefixed by bandar, meaning port) is among the first ports of the Persian Gulf that has been operating since Sassanid dynasty. Due to the location of this port, it has a significant importance on the economics of the region. It is one of the most important and influential regions in the oil industry. In addition to the industry and trade, it has variable tourist attractions and receives a plenty of tourists particularly during Nowruz. Asaluyeh Port enjoys many historical castles, one of these castles that had been surrounded by many bazaars, were destroyed by British long time ago. White sands, smooth rocks, and colorful shells cover all over the beach and shine under the sunlight. These sandy beaches are home for sea turtles to nest and lay their eggs, and its dense forests are fine places for migratory birds and waterfowl. For those who love natural phenomenon and wonderful landscapes, amazing mangrove forests of Asaluyeh are highly recommended.

Position desired benefits are significant, including the minimum distance possible with the South Pars gas field, in the Persian Gulf International Airport, direct access to sea water, depth of suitable coastal port networks having infrastructure facilities Framntqhay communication arteries, in force Potential in the surrounding towns and villages, nature green and natural perspectives only some of the potential benefits of this region.

With an estimated 450 trillion cubic feet of gas, the South Pars Gas Field contains about 6.8 percent of the world's gas reserves. No wonder that Assaluyeh has come to include numerous gas processing and petrochemical complexes, as well as a wide range of downstream petrochemical industries, mixed industries, and semi-heavy industries in a total area of more than 3,000 hectares, which includes a plot of 920 hectares set aside for petrochemical industries, as well as 1,000 hectares allocated for the construction and expansion of downstream industries including polymers, rubber and plastic, synthetic fibers and textiles, industrial oils, resins and adhesives, paints and protective coatings, pesticides, detergents and chemical fertilizers. Assaluyeh terminal is also known as South Pars Terminal for the export of condensate, as well as Pars Petrochemical Terminal for the export of LPG and chemicals.

Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (PGPIC) and an European Company agreed to jointly build a petrochemical plant with worth 3 billion euro in Asaluyeh, Adel Nejad-Salim, CEO of PGPIC said 22 May 2017. He added that the plant would produce two types of polymers for first time in Iran. Without mentioning the name of European Company, he said that the memorandum of understanding has been signed already between PGPIC and European Company.

President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated three major petrochemical ventures in the southern city of Asalouyeh in Bushehr Province, in a ceremony 07 September 2018 attended by oil minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and other officials. According to NIPNA, the National Petrochemical Company’s official news agency, in the ceremony held in Asaluyeh, Marjan Petrochemicals’ seventh methanol production unit in Phase 2 of South Pars with a production capacity of 1.65 million tonnes per annum (mtpa), Phase 3 of ammonia and urea production of Pardis Petrochemicals with a capacity of 1.75mtpa, as well as the phase 1 of Damavand Petrochemical Company Power Plant, were inaugurated.

Phase 1 of Damavand Petrochemical Company Power Plant consists of 14 turbines and steam generators that is capable of producing 650MW of electricity a year, and will provide electricity to 12 petrochemical facilities, on top of 780 metric tonnes of steam. The Damavand plant is being developed in three phases with the ultimate capacity to generate 1,900MW of power plus industrial water, oxygen, steam, and wastewater treatment for petrochemical units. Phase 3 of Pardis Petrochemicals will become the largest producer of urea and ammonia in the Middle East and the world with an annual production capacity of 5,265,000 tonnes of urea and ammonia.

On 28 February 2019, unemployed youth in Asaluyeh in Bushehr province, Iran, held a protest against lack of jobs and demanded to be employed on current projects in the Special Economic Zone. Asaluyeh is one of the biggest Special Economic Zones in Iran but many of the locals are unemployed.

An official with the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) said 15 May 2019 the company viewed completion of the value chain in Asaluyeh, south Iran, as a strategy. Speaking to NIPNA, Ali Mohammad Bossaqzadeh, director of projects at NPC, said that development mid-stream and downstream projects in Assaluyeh was considered as a strategy for NPC, Shana reported. He said production of methanol would increase by 2021 in Iran, adding that completion of various phases of South Pars gas field had added to feedstock supply of petrochemical plants operating in the region.