Deputy managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Shahrokh Khosravani told Shana the company had forecasted gasoline imports at 10 million liters per day for current year but some initiatives taken in refining sector have been helpful in reduction of gasoline imports to just 4.7 million liters a day.
He further said that NIORDC has started planning in order to raise CNG consumption in the country and will announce the results in next two weeks.
NIORDC’s official stated that boosting CNG share in fuel consumption implies less imports of gasoline.
Domestic oil refineries have managed to raise gasoline production by 3.5 million liters per day so far this year, he said noting Abadan oil refinery’s gasoline output will go up by another 2 million liters per day in the next two months.
There are several upgrading plans underway at Abadan, Lavan and Bandar Abbas oil refineries that will make contribution to raising gasoline production late this year and during the first half of the next year.
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