Shiraz Oil Refinery in Southern Iran to Produce Euro-5 Gasoline
Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Jalil Salari said that the administration of late President Rayeesi started implementation of optimization plans at all oil refineries across the country since it took office, and a part of this project has become operational now.
At Shiraz oil refinery, optimizing the quality of the produced gasoil is also on the agenda, a plan which upon completion is slated to improve the quality of the product to euro standards, he added.
In a few months, the gasoil optimization plan of the refinery will also come online to improve the quality of nearly all the 3.2 million liters of daily gasoil production to euro standards, Salari said.
He added that launching the two optimization plans will allow the Fars province’s residents to use gasoline and gasoil compatible with euro standards.
Noting that the country’s daily gasoline production stands at 105 million liters, of which 68 percent enjoy environmental standards, Salari said that the figure will reach 71 percent considering 1.6 million liters of additional euro standard gasoline produced at Shiraz oil refinery.
Concerning gasoil quality, it should be noted that 84 million liters of domestically produced gasoline per day are low-sulfur products of which 60 million liters carry euro standards, and Shiraz oil refinery’s gasoil upgrading plan, upon launching, will increase the figure, he added.
Two other optimizing gasoline production plans are underway at Kermanshah and Abadan oil refineries which upon their completion, all the gasoline produced by the Iranian oil refineries will enjoy euro standards.
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