Azerbaijan, Baku, Feb. 6 / Trend F.Milad/
A Tehran refinery will star producing premium gas oil and jet fuel tomorrow that meets Euro-5 standards, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company, Farhad Ahmadi, announced on Monday.
He added that some $650 million has been invested in the project which is set to produce eight million litres of gas oil and five million litres of jet fuel per day, Mehr news agency reported.
Iran previously launched a jet fuel production unit at the Shazand Oil Refinery with a daily production capacity of some six million litres meeting Euro-4 standards, an official with the National Iranian Oil Production and Distribution Company stated.
Speaking to the Mehr news agency, Rashid Seyedian added that the unit is producing 4.2 million litres of premium jet fuel in the first phase.
Some €28.5 million has been invested in establishing the unit, he said, adding that the new one will also produce around 141,000 litres of gasoline per day
