TEHRAN, June 05 (Shana) Iran is to boost the gasoline output of Bandar Abbas Refinery by September 2016 as the refinery will launch a new gasoline production plant by then, an official said. Speaking with Shana, Shahrokh Khosravani, deputy managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), said the gasoline ...

TEHRAN April 25(Shana)--National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) is seeking bigger foothold in international markets, NIORDC chief said. Entrance into international markets and further interaction in this sector are among the top priorities of NIORDC this [calendar] year, Abbas Kazemi said. Irans calendar year started on ...

TEHRAN April 08(Shana)--Raising oil products exports is amongst top priorities of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) this year, managing director of the company Abbas Kazemi said. Speaking to Shana, he noted that for the first time in recent years, oil products exports is on the rise. Kazemi continued that rising ...

TEHRAN Feb 04(Shana)--The cabinet has ensured purchasing high quality products of oil refineries under a legislation it approved lately.Managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Abbas Kazemi made the remarks in an interview with Shana, adding the cabinet has set a five-year deadline for oil refineries ...

TEHRAN Jan 10(Shana)--Iran has more than halved its import of gasoline compared to the previous Iranian calendar year (ended on March 20, 2014), a top official said. Abbas Kazemi, who serves as managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), said the volume of gasoline exported to Iran per day has been slashed ...

TEHRAN Dec 30 (Shana)--The oil-rich city of Ahvaz is poised to become the 7th Iranian city to be distributing euro-4 gasoline, managing-director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said. Abbas Kazemi said the city would start distributing the fuel in February as the third phase of Abadan oil refinery is to become operational....

TEHRAN Oct 17 (Shana)--National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) focuses on three principles of energy security, environment and capital market, the companys chief said. As the representative of the government in the energy sector, the NIORDC pays attention to energy security, the environment and the capital market, Abbas Kazemi ...

TEHRAN Oct 14 (Shana)--Abadan Oil Refinery is undergoing developments to increase its euro-4 and euro-5 gasoil and gasoline, a deputy head of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said. Shahrokh Khosravani said the development project will raise regular gasoline production from 60,000 to 81,000 b/d, kerosene from 18,000 to 45,...

TEHRAN Oct 6 (Shana)--Natural gas will gradually replace mazut and gasoil as the main fuel of power plants over the next year, managing director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Abbas Kazemi said. He said that the company has put into force a plan which aims either to halt delivery of mazut and gasoil to power ...

TEHRAN Sept 30 (Shana)--Isfahan Oil Refinery in Central Iran has started producing euro-4 gasoline, managing-director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company said. Abbas Kazemi said the refinery is able to supply euro-4 gasoline to the entire city. He said the refinery is producing around 3 million liters of gasoline and that ...

TEHRAN August 30 (Shana)--Iran will see its crude oil refining capacity reach 2.2 mb/d from the current 1.9 mb/d after the start-up of Persian Gulf Star Refinery, a senior official said. With the construction of Persian Gulf Star Refinery the most strategic petroleum industry project after South Pars [gas field] the countrys crude oil refining capacity ...

TEHRAN August 23 (Shana)--It is expected before the end of the current Iranian calendar year to March 20 2015 enough euro-4 gasoline and gasoil is to be available to cover the fuel needs of eight mega cities of the country, a move that is planned to be extended to all cities of the country a year later. Addressing an annual meeting of public relations ...

TEHRAN August 18 (Shana)-- has been reduced some 400 million liters in the four months since the beginning of the current calendar year to March 2014, said the Managing-Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC). Abbas Kazemi said the reduced gasoline imports is due to the increased level of gasoline production by ...

TEHRAN August 17 (Shana)--The head of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) has said that clean fuel is to be distributed across the country on a larger scale. Currently, the level of three pollutants benzene, sulfur and aromatics have significantly declined in Tehrans weather and the volume of high-quality fuel production ...

TEHRAN June 28 (Shana)--A deputy petroleum minister has said that Iran will achieve self-sufficiency in high-quality gasoline production by March 2016. Based on plans, with the implementation of the first phase of Persian Gulf Star Refinery, the quality of gasoline production in the countrys refineries will increase and we will be able to become exporter ...

TEHRAN June 8 (Shana)--Isfahan Refinery is expected to start producing euro-4 grade gasoline once the necessary catalyst has been mass-produced in the country, a senior official said. Director for production coordination and supervision at National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), Saeed Mahjoubi, said contracts have been signed ...

TEHRAN June 7 (Shana)--The National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) will extend distribution of clean gasoline to all cities across the country. Manager of coordination and supervision at NIORDC Saeed Mahjobi said in an interview with Shana that the company has identified a number of pollutants and is planning to remove them ...

TEHRAN May 19 (Shana)--Irans Petroleum Ministry and National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) will finance energy efficiency projects this year, NIORDC chief said. Abbas Kazemi said 100 billion dollars have been earmarked for financing projects to cap greenhouse gas emissions, improving transportation network and reducing energy ...