Tehran, Iran, Nov. 14
By Mehdi Sepahvand – Trend:
After 36 years, Iran is heading towards stopping the import of gasoline in a few months, said National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Director Abbas Kazemi.
“We have already reduced the import amount to 4.5 million litters per day (mlpd) and are heading to eradicate the need for imports,” Kazemi said, IRNA news agency reported November 14.
This is while the import amount stood at 10 to 12 mlpd in the beginning of the current Iranian year (March 20).
“The incumbent government managed to increase the production of gasoline from 56 mlpd in March 2013 to the current level of 61 to 62 mlpd. The refineries of Isfahan, Arak and Lavan have achieved the highest increase in the meantime,” Kazemi told Trend in July.
“Our largest developing project is the Persian Gulf Star, which is operated privately. It is meant to produce 36 mlpd of Euro 4 gasoline as well as 13 mlpd of Euro 4 gas oil,” Kazemi said then.
“The construction of the refinery has been accomplished by over 90 percent. We hope the first phase will become operational by March to produce 12 mlpd of gasoline and lift the need for imports,” he added.