Addressing a press conference on Sunday,
Alireza Sadiqabadi, the CEO of the National Iranian Oil Refining and
Distribution Company (NIORDC), said in terms of quality and quantity, Iran was
the top producer of petrol and gasoil in the Middle East region.
Speaking ahead of the inauguration of
phase III of Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery (also called the Persian Gulf
Star Refinery) in Bandar Abbas later on Monday, the official said the refinery
currently supplied 33 ml/d of petrol, Bandar Abbas Oil Condensate Refinery
supplied 12 ml/d, Shazand Refinery supplied 17 ml/d, Isfahan Refinery 11 ml/d
and Tabriz Refinery 3 ml/d.
Furthermore, he said, Bandar Abbas
Refinery also produced 15 ml/d of gasoil.
The official added that the refinery’s
Euro-5 petrol output was expected to reach 12 ml/d and its Euro-4 gasoil output
cross 15 ml/d once the facility completes a production enhancement project.
Meanwhile, the CEO of Bandar Abbas Oil
Refinery said the facility’s petrol quality would improve by March.
Hashemi Namvar told Shana that once a
project to bolster the production capacity and promote the quality of the items
produced at the facility came online, the plant’s petrol quality would improve
dramatically.
The project entails a gasoil hydrogen
unit, a power generator, nitrogen unit, sour water unit, Amine Contactor, light
naphtha unit, and 17 storage tanks, which have all become operational.
Once the project comes on-stream, petrol
production capacity of the refinery would increase by 3 ml/d and 70 percent of
its output would meet Euro-4 standards.
Moreover, commissioning the gasoil
hydrogen refining unit of the facility would add 15 million liters per day of
Euro-4 gasoil to the plant’s daily production capacity, he said, adding the
petrol quality of the refinery was expected to meet Euro-4 standards by March.
The plant is currently supplying 12 ml/d
of petrol, Namvar said.
The plant is fed by 350,000 b/d of crude
oil and gas condensate and is touted as the third largest oil refinery in Iran.
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