BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 14. Transportation of refined products from Iran’s Abadan Refinery is expected to increase significantly, with daily volumes set to rise by over 71.4 percent, the company official, Gholamreza Salarvand, told reporters, Trend reports.
Salarvand noted that currently, about 350,000 barrels of refined products are transported daily from the refinery. With the commissioning of new terminals and pumps, this volume is planned to reach 600,000 barrels per day.
The official added that the refinery will establish 3 oil terminals, 6 new pipelines stretching 2 kilometers, and 6 new pumping stations. The project is expected to cost approximately 40 trillion rials (about $57.8 million) and is targeted for completion within the next 18 months.
The Abadan Refinery produces a range of products including liquefied gas, gasoline, white oil, diesel, fuel oil, bitumen, solvents, sulfur, and naphtha. The refinery supplies about 17 percent of the country’s gasoline consumption, 22 percent of diesel, and 42 percent of fuel oil consumption.
