Gasoline Production to Reach 130m Liters Per Day

TEHRAN (Iran News) Mohammad Sadegh Azimifar highlighted the strategic importance of the recently inaugurated crude oil supply project for the Bandar Abbas refinery. Speaking on Thursday, December 13, at the project’s inauguration ceremony, he emphasized the project’s role in ensuring a stable crude supply and maximizing oil product output at the Bandar Abbas refinery through efficient use of the Goreh-Jask pipeline.

Azimifar stated that the Refining and Distribution Industry has prioritized several key initiatives to meet its mandates, including oil product production, addressing energy imbalances, and completing the value chain. These efforts align with the Seventh Development Plan’s goals. The first priority is maximizing oil product output through efficient use of existing refinery capacities.

He noted that since the start of the 14th administration, efforts have focused on leveraging underutilized refinery capacities. As a result, within four months, daily gasoline production increased by approximately 11 million liters, and daily diesel production rose by 12 million liters.

Azimifar stressed that the medium- and long-term objectives of the National Refining and Distribution Company include completing ongoing refining projects by the end of the current administration. These include modernizing existing refineries and implementing new refining projects to achieve a combined daily gasoline and diesel production target of 130 million liters.

He added that addressing energy imbalances requires more than just production increases. Measures to optimize consumption, improve efficiency, and combat fuel smuggling are also underway and will soon bear fruit.

The development of infrastructure, including feedstock and product transportation systems, is critical, Azimifar said. Sustainable and timely delivery of crude oil and refined products is a pressing need. Since the start of the 14th administration, two strategic projects have been launched in Hormozgan Province and Bandar Abbas: the connection of the Bandar Abbas refinery to the Goreh-Jask pipeline and Phase 1 of a new 460-kilometer oil product pipeline from Bandar Abbas to Rafsanjan.

He also announced that by the end of the year, the Sabzevar-Rey pipeline and connections to two power plants will be operational. In the near future, 1,000 kilometers of new pipelines for crude oil and oil products will be added, bringing the total length to 15,000 kilometers.