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| Iran to end petrol import | |
| 2009-08-02 | |
[Iran Press TV Latest] Iran will be able to export gasoline in the next one and a half years as refinery upgrades and construction plans will also end costly petrol imports to the country.
The deputy Iranian Oil Minister went on to highlight that Iran is currently building seven refineries. He pointed to The Persian Gulf star refinery and said that it "is the biggest and most outstanding of all refineries being constructed in Iran and makes use of state-of-the-art technology." "The said refinery, once fully operational, can produce 35 million liters of petrol on a daily basis. The production will not only satisfy Iran's demand for petrol but will also be sold at export markets." Jashnsaz added that Iran presently is not facing any problems regarding petrol storage since all its reservoirs are full. The official's remarks came as the US Senate voted to ban companies that sell gasoline and other refined oil products to Iran. Iran holds some of the worlds biggest oil reserves, but currently imports 40 percent of its gasoline to meet the growing demand. American lawmakers hope that by cutting off the country's motor fuel, Tehran will abandon its nuclear program. | |
| Posted by:Fred |
| #6 we haven't built a new refinery in nearly 30 years crosspatch, strictly speaking this may be true (thanks to NIMBY, among other things) but we actually have increased refined product production - through expansions of existing refineries and much-improved efficiencies. We just have not increased production as much as we have increased consumption, and the difference is, as you noted, made up through imports from KSA etc. |
| Posted by: Glenmore 2009-08-02 19:32 |
| #5 Red Storm Rising anyone? It can be done in Iran probably much more easily than the old Soviet Union with far less bad consequences. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-08-02 13:54 |
| #4 A single 500lb bomb shuts them down for quite a while. No, no, no! That's not how we do it in Operation Lemony Snickett. It's really simple -- Mahmoud lights up a cigarette in the middle of the refinery, and the whole place goes kaboom. Mahmoud can't be found afterwards of course, and (RAB style) it's not clear that he was ever there, but he sure does make a convenient scapegoat when the refinery managers have to explain to Tehran what happened. "Honest, boss, we all saw Mahmoud light up a cigarette!" Scratch one refinery. |
| Posted by: Steve White 2009-08-02 09:36 |
| #3 "finally there is no way Iran is going to be able to produce enough gasoline to export it" Not so fast. They have some of the largest refinery projects in the world underway. And there is more profit per tanker load exporting refined products than in exporting crude. That is the only way we manage to get enough gasoline, we haven't built a new refinery in nearly 30 years. We buy gasoline, kerosene, diesel, and jet fuel from Saudi Arabia already refined. Iran would much rather export refined products than crude. It is like the difference between corn and whiskey. |
| Posted by: crosspatch 2009-08-02 01:44 |
| #2 Simple. A single 500lb bomb shuts them down for quite a while. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-08-02 00:22 |
| #1 however the domestic demand is still growing (since consumption is effectively subsidized by price caps) thus the amount of crude oil available for export is decreasing finally there is no way Iran is going to be able to produce enough gasoline to export it the best they will do is reduce their imports |
| Posted by: lord garth 2009-08-02 00:13 |