TEHRAN – Iran’s oil refining and distribution industry has strengthened its infrastructure and improved fuel supply management, posting an average daily production of 109 million liters of gasoline, commissioning more than 1,000 kilometers of new pipelines, eliminating gas oil imports in 1404, completing several quality-upgrade projects, increasing gas oil deliveries to power plants by 51% in winter 1403 and raising production of dual-fuel vehicles by 210%.
Over the past two years, the industry has shifted from a supply-focused approach toward integrated and intelligent management of the fuel supply chain, responding to rising domestic demand while seeking to maintain operational stability under challenging conditions. The strategy has focused on using domestic capacity to strengthen the resilience of the country’s energy network against various disruptions.
In refining operations, the main priority was to stabilize feedstock supplies and maximize refinery capacity. Refineries processed an average of 2.324 million barrels per day, while deliveries of crude oil and gas condensate feedstock increased 4%. Stable feedstock supplies, major maintenance at 22 refinery units and the implementation of quality-improvement projects helped maintain base gasoline production at 109 million liters per day.
Beyond increasing the volume of refined products, the industry also pursued higher-quality output. During the first year of the 14th administration, several strategic projects came onstream, including the first section of Phase 2 of the Abadan Refinery development and capacity stabilization project, with a capacity of 1.5 million liters per day; the Abadan Refinery hydrocracking unit; the Shiraz Refinery isomerization unit; a Shiraz Refinery gas oil quality-upgrade project; and the KHT kerosene quality-upgrade project at the Isfahan Refinery.
The projects significantly increased the country’s production of Euro 4 and Euro 5 fuels.