Iran's diesel oil exports capacity at 2 million liters per day
Iran's deputy oil minister Alireza Zeighami says the country's
diesel oil exports capacity currently stands at 2 million liters
per day.
By increasing South Pars gas field's gas production capacity in the
next Iranian calendar year (to start March 20), the country's
diesel oil exports capacity would also raise considerably, Mehr
news agency quoted Alireza Zeighami as saying on Saturday.
Tehran also plans to increase its gasoline storage capacity, he
added.
Iran has started selling diesel oil conforming to Euro-4 standard
in capital Tehran and some major cities. The country's daily
consumption of diesel oil currently stands at 50 million
liters.
Iran also started selling gasoline conforming to Euro-4 and Euro-5
standards in eight major cities early this month.
The move is a part of Iran's efforts to reduce air pollution. Motor
vehicles account for 70 percent of air pollution in the Iranian
capital city. Tehran says all carmakers would be obliged to
manufacture cars meeting Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards.
Iran currently produces 14 million liters per day of gasoline
conforming to Euro-4 and Euro-5. The amount would reach 22 million
once the RFCC unit of Shazand oil refinery comes on stream, Mehr
reported.
The Managing Director of Lavan Oil Refinery Company (LORC)
Mohammad-Ali Dadvar said last month that Iran will double its
gasoline production capacity at Persian Gulf refineries by the end
of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20).
The refineries' produced gasoline meets Euro-5 standard, he
said.
Iranian Standards Organization's Deputy Director Bahador Kazemi
also said earlier this month that Iranian refiners have been
obliged to supply gasoline meeting Euro-4 standards since the
beginning of the next Iranian calendar year (March 21, 2013).
The produced gasoline currently meets Euro-2 standards, he said,
adding that newly established refineries are able to produce
gasoline which meets both Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards.