Mohammad Sadeq Azimifar said at the first conference on combating fuel smuggling: "With the measures taken, 600,000 illegal fuel cards were collected. Also, the average consumption of petroleum gas (gasoline) was reduced by 4 million liters; a reduction that creates savings for the country equivalent to one billion dollars in one year."
The government has been forced to import $6 billion worth of gasoline to meet domestic needs; despite the high cost and widespread smuggling, current quotas remain unchanged.
The CEO of the National Petroleum Products Distribution Company said: "The record-breaking delivery of diesel to power plants and the filling of the country's power plant sector oil and gas tanks took place in a situation where we did not import diesel this year, and all of this diesel was supplied by the production capacity of domestic refineries."
According to an exclusive report by Energy Press, the refining industry entered the second half of the year in October 1404 with a slow setback and without significant jumps. This trend was repeated last month, and two refineries in Tehran and Bandar Abbas had a decrease in production. On the one hand, some refineries were able to maintain the improvement trend in monthly production and sales.
Tabriz Oil Refinery, one of the most important refining centers in Iran, plays a key role in supplying the liquid fuel needed by northwest Iran by providing about 7 percent of the country's crude oil refining capacity.
A meeting to review the air pollution situation in Tehran metropolis was held under the chairmanship of Ali Salehi, Tehran prosecutor, and with the presence of Walialeh Mehboodi, deputy of public rights and crime prevention of Tehran prosecutor's office, and a group of officials from the custodial institutions in Tehran's prosecutor's office meeting hall.
The Persian Gulf Star Refinery, Iran's largest gasoline producer and the world's largest gas condensate refinery, plays an unparalleled role in Iran's energy supply by producing more than 45 percent of the country's fuel portfolio.
Following Ukraine's attacks on Russian oil refineries and the reduction in the country's fuel exports to Central Asia, Iran has a unique opportunity to fill Russia's void in regional markets. But can Iran seize this opportunity despite sanctions and domestic challenges?
Announcing the discovery of two petroleum and oil tanks in Pazan Square by the Minister of Petroleum, the director of the National Iranian Oil Company's exploration company, with the new volume, described the square as Iran's largest landfill field.
The head of the country's Energy Removal Base announced the improvement of fuel reserves compared to last year, announcing that the base was aimed at coordinating the ministries for the management of energy supply and demand.
