Iran's daily gasoline consumption jumps
Iran's gasoline consumption reached 80 million liters per day in
the previous week.
The figure was around 69 million liters per day in the end of the
fifth calendar month (August 22), Fars News Agency reported.
The sharp rise in consumption is linked with a rise in the number
of summer trips.
The Former Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Products
Distribution Company (NIOPDC) Mostafa Kashkouli had previously
estimated that Iran's gasoline consumption will reach 74 million
liters per day in the current year.
The country's gasoline output is currently around 60 million
liters, so it needs to import the rest.
Shahrokh Khosravani, deputy director of National Iranian Oil
Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), said earlier that Iran
will be able to export 20 million liters of gasoline per day as of
next year.
"Once the Persian Gulf Star refinery's gasoline production unit
comes on stream, the country's total production capacity will reach
96 million liters per day," Khosravani said.
"Then Iran will be able to export the surplus gasoline which is
around 20 million liters per day," he noted.
He went on to note that the first phase of the Persian Gulf Star
refinery (with the capacity to produce 12 million liters of
gasoline per day) will come on stream by the end of the next
Iranian calendar year (March 20, 2016).