11 September 2016 - 14:12
  • News ID: 268887

Fuel Distribution in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

Fuel Distribution in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari

TEHRAN, Sep 11 (Shana) -- Whereas Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province is largely visited by tourists, distribution and consumption of petroleum products in are important in this province....

Whereas Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province is largely visited by tourists, distribution and consumption of petroleum products in are important in this province. The issue takes up added importance in cold seasons when rain and snowfall make fuel delivery extremely difficult.  National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) zone in this province has fared well in this regard.

Mojtaba Sardari, manager of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari zone of NIOPDC, told Iran Petroleum that 63.544 million liters of regular gasoline and 16.48 million liters of premium gasoline were consumed in the province during the first quarter of the current calendar year which started on March 20.

He said that gasoline consumption in first quarter grew one percent compared with the same period a year ago.

Sardari put at 46 the number of fuel stations distributing liquid fuel and compressed natural gas (CNG). 

He said that 17 stations are distributing gasoline, gasoil and CNG, while there are a total of 20 CNG stations in the province.

"Three more fuel stations are also to resume work in the province", said Sardari. He noted that these stations used to operate but had been put out of service. 

“With the removal of obstacles, these stations, one of which is CNG, will become operational soon,” he said.

Sardari said gasoil consumption in Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province stood at 57.171 million liters during the first quarter of the current calendar year, up 6% year-on-year.

He said transport and agriculture sectors account for the bulk of gasoil consumption in this province, adding that 5,211 tons of liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) was also consumed in the province during the first quarter.

Sardari said several factories in the province are among major consumers of fossil fuel, adding: “It is noteworthy that most of these factories, as emphasized by the Iranian government and the Ministry of Petroleum, must use gas in addition to fuel oil as feedstock. Therefore, due to hot weather in the first months of the year and decline in household gas consumption this factory is tasked with using natural gas. Thus, we will not deliver any fuel to these factories during the first months of the year.”

He said that due to cold weather and snowfall, gas consumption rate rises in winter and gas distribution pressure falls off. Therefore, he added, the factories have to use an alternative fuel, i.e. fuel oil. 

“During the last three months of the last [calendar] year, we delivered some 16.8 million liters of fuel oil to factories,” said Sardari.

“In the light of measures undertaken by Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari zone of NIOPDC for fuel efficient use and preventing environment pollution, we were selected as the exemplary unit by the Department of the Environment last year. Meantime, we are making efforts to become again the exemplary organization or green organization this year,” he said.

Storage Tanks and Pipelines

Sardari went on to announce plans for the construction of more storage tanks and pipelines stretching from Isfahan oil refinery to this province. 

He said that the broad lines of this project have won the approval of Iran’s minister of petroleum, adding that the projects are under review at the Planning Section of NIODPC.

He said that Isfahan refinery supplies the required fuel of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province, adding: “At present, we have to use some 140 oil tankers for transferring fuel to different corners of the province. The hidden point with regard to this method is the fuel consumption of oil tankers themselves in addition to transport costs, death dangers and decrepit roads.”

He said that each oil tanker consumes some 500 liters of gasoil for traveling between Isfahan and Shahr-e Kord.

Sardari said there are currently two main oil storage sites in Iran, citing Isfahan and Shazand storage sites.

“Given the potentialities of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari Province and its proximity to border provinces, an oil storage facility in this province could become an export hub for the country,” he added.

Sardari said the investment needed for the construction of two 20-million-liter storage tanks and construction of a pipeline stretching from Isfahan refinery was around IRR 1,500 billion.

He added that this investment will return in five years, noting that foreign investment could be also used for this project. 

Iran Petroleum

News ID 268887

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