Iranian Tabriz refinery taking steps to place among Asia’s top 10 refineries

Teheran, August 9 - Neftegaz.RU. Gholamreza Baqeri, Managing Director of Tabriz Refinery in northwestern Iran, has said his company is taking new steps for placing among Asia’s top 10 refineries in the coming years.
Baqeri said:

• In line with the 2^nd stage of the company’s strategic planning which began in the 2^nd half of the 2020 new steps are being taken for Tabriz Refinery to place among Asia’s top 10 refineries
• The 1^st stage of the refinery’s strategic planning was made in March 2016, and with the completion and realization of the 1^st stage, the 2^nd part of the planning was prepared and started in the 2^nd half of the previous year

The company’s planning is mainly focused on supplying feedstock, the production and supply of high-quality products needed by customers, sustainable development and improvement of the business system through supply chain management, branding, and product quality improvement using domestic capabilities, the official said.

Baqeri mentioned the refinery's daily processing capacity of 110,000 barrels and noted that the refinery accounts for 7 % of the country’s total refining capacity.

He mentioned liquefied gas, Euro 5 gasoline, ordinary gas oil, Euro 5 gas oil, furnace oil, and aircraft fuel as the main products of the refinery, adding that currently, special petroleum products such as light naphtha, vacuum bottom, granular sulfur, ethane, butane, hexane, lube cut, base oil, isofeed, isoricyclic, petroleum solvent 406-404-402, benzene, bitumen, anti-corrosion, antifreeze, and reformate are also among the refinery’s products basket.

Underlining his company’s future plans considering the country’s growing demand for petroleum products, he said:

• This company, in line with the country's comprehensive program for developing refineries, is implementing several development projects with a total investment of EUR 1.25 billion

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