14 April 2010
Tehran - The 15th International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition will provide visitors with an opportunity to get acquainted with the projects of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC). Presenting the latest reports on the projects of the company is on the agenda of this year's event.
Given the growing need for gasoline, the company was assigned with the project to build Setare Khalij Fars, Hormuz (Bandar Abbas), Caspian, Khuzestan, Pars-e Shiraz, Anahita (Kermanshah) and Shahriayr (Tabriz) refineries.
These seven refineries can increase Iran's gasoline production capacity by 107.7 million liters a day until 2013.
Currently, some 45 million liters of gasoline are produced in Iran and the figure is expected to rise to 146 million liters following the construction of new refineries and implementation of the plans to optimize consumption.
NIORDC will also introduce the program to develop CNG stations in the current Iranian year during the exhibition.
Some 929 Iranian and 401 foreign companies are participating in the 15th International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition which is scheduled to be held in Tehran's Permanent International Exhibitions Fairground from April 22-26.
Participating countries include China, Austria, Spain, Ukraine, UAE, Britain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Belgium, Thailand, Taiwan, Czech, Denmark, Russia, Romania, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Oman, France, Finland, South Korea, Mexico, Norway and India.
According to the statistics released by the Oil Ministry, the number of participants has increased by 10 percent compared to the figure for the earlier round.
Tehran - The 15th International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition will provide visitors with an opportunity to get acquainted with the projects of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC). Presenting the latest reports on the projects of the company is on the agenda of this year's event.
Given the growing need for gasoline, the company was assigned with the project to build Setare Khalij Fars, Hormuz (Bandar Abbas), Caspian, Khuzestan, Pars-e Shiraz, Anahita (Kermanshah) and Shahriayr (Tabriz) refineries.
These seven refineries can increase Iran's gasoline production capacity by 107.7 million liters a day until 2013.
Currently, some 45 million liters of gasoline are produced in Iran and the figure is expected to rise to 146 million liters following the construction of new refineries and implementation of the plans to optimize consumption.
NIORDC will also introduce the program to develop CNG stations in the current Iranian year during the exhibition.
Some 929 Iranian and 401 foreign companies are participating in the 15th International Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Exhibition which is scheduled to be held in Tehran's Permanent International Exhibitions Fairground from April 22-26.
Participating countries include China, Austria, Spain, Ukraine, UAE, Britain, Italy, Germany, Brazil, Belgium, Thailand, Taiwan, Czech, Denmark, Russia, Romania, Japan, Singapore, Sweden, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, Oman, France, Finland, South Korea, Mexico, Norway and India.
According to the statistics released by the Oil Ministry, the number of participants has increased by 10 percent compared to the figure for the earlier round.
© IRNA 2010
