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Iran to be first regional refiner by 2012: official
Tehran, Sept 17, IRNA - Iran will be turned into the biggest oil refiner in Persian Gulf by 2012, said director of the Refinery and Oil Products Distribution Company's refinery affairs.
Aminollah Eskandari added in a press conference on Tuesday that
currently Iran ranks first in making investment in refinery and ranks
second in refinery after Saudi Arabia.
Saudi's current refining capacity stands at 2,100,000 barrels a day
while the figure for Iran will reach 3,300,000 barrels a day by 2012,
he said, noting that this is while the former's capacity is to hit
three million barrels a day by 2015.
Stating that Saudi Arabia is considered Iran's rival in the field of
refining in the Persian Gulf, he further said that the country has
undertaken the implementation of great refinery projects.
"Given the economic growth of big consumers such as India and China,
oil producing countries have made huge investments in oil refining,"
Eskandari said.
Pointing out that most of the Iranian refinery projects will become
operational in 2012, he also said that oil products produced in Hormuz
Refinery, which has a capacity of 300,000 barrels a day, will be
completely exported.
"Some section of Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery's products and
Khuzestan Refinery will also be exported," he noted.
Referring to an increase in the refining capacity of Bandar Abbas
Refinery from 232,000 barrels a day to 320,000 this year, Eskandari
also said that crude refining capacity of Iran's nine refineries
currently stands at 1,750,000 barrels a day.
Abadan Refinery is the biggest in the country with the capacity of
425,000 barrels a day while Kermanshah Refinery is the smallest with
the capacity of 22,000 to 23,000 barrels a day, he noted.
The official also said that a total of eight million liters of
liquefied gas, 43 million liters of gasoline, 21 million liters of
kerosene, 82 million liters of gas oil, 75 million liters of fuel oil
are produced in the country's nine refineries everyday.
Stating that Iran's refining capacity will be doubled once seven new
refineries are set up, he said that studies on the projects have been
complete and their physical progress stands between 4-20 percent.
Establishment of seven new refineries requires 15.5 billion euros, he said.
Aminollah Eskandari added in a press conference on Tuesday that
currently Iran ranks first in making investment in refinery and ranks
second in refinery after Saudi Arabia.
Saudi's current refining capacity stands at 2,100,000 barrels a day
while the figure for Iran will reach 3,300,000 barrels a day by 2012,
he said, noting that this is while the former's capacity is to hit
three million barrels a day by 2015.
Stating that Saudi Arabia is considered Iran's rival in the field of
refining in the Persian Gulf, he further said that the country has
undertaken the implementation of great refinery projects.
"Given the economic growth of big consumers such as India and China,
oil producing countries have made huge investments in oil refining,"
Eskandari said.
Pointing out that most of the Iranian refinery projects will become
operational in 2012, he also said that oil products produced in Hormuz
Refinery, which has a capacity of 300,000 barrels a day, will be
completely exported.
"Some section of Bandar Abbas Gas Condensate Refinery's products and
Khuzestan Refinery will also be exported," he noted.
Referring to an increase in the refining capacity of Bandar Abbas
Refinery from 232,000 barrels a day to 320,000 this year, Eskandari
also said that crude refining capacity of Iran's nine refineries
currently stands at 1,750,000 barrels a day.
Abadan Refinery is the biggest in the country with the capacity of
425,000 barrels a day while Kermanshah Refinery is the smallest with
the capacity of 22,000 to 23,000 barrels a day, he noted.
The official also said that a total of eight million liters of
liquefied gas, 43 million liters of gasoline, 21 million liters of
kerosene, 82 million liters of gas oil, 75 million liters of fuel oil
are produced in the country's nine refineries everyday.
Stating that Iran's refining capacity will be doubled once seven new
refineries are set up, he said that studies on the projects have been
complete and their physical progress stands between 4-20 percent.
Establishment of seven new refineries requires 15.5 billion euros, he said.
