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Iran’s weekly liquid fuel consumption hits 1.2 billion liters

Oil&Gas Materials 24 November 2014 12:52 (UTC +04:00)

Tehran, Iran, Nov. 24

By Milad Fashtami - Trend:

Iran's total liquid fuel consumption hit 1.233 billion liters in the week to November 21.

Some 835 million liters of diesel oil and 398 million liters of mazut were consumed in the country in the mentioned week, Iran's SHANA News Agency reported on Nov. 24.

The average consumption of diesel oil and mazut stood at 119.2 million liters and 56.85 million liters, respectively, in the mentioned week.

November 19 with 134.4 million liters, and November 21 with 105 million liters respectively recorded the highest and lowest rate of diesel oil consumption in the mentioned week.

November 20 with 74.3 million liters, and November 21 with 40.8 million liters respectively recorded the highest and lowest rate of mazut consumption in the mentioned week.

Iran delivered 10 billion liters of liquid fuel to its power plants in the first half of the current calendar year (March 21 - September 22)

The figures shows a reduction of over 3 billion liters, compared to same period of the previous year, Iran's SHANA News Agency reported on October 6.

Diesel oil and mazut respectively accounted for 5.245 million liters and 7.712 million liters of the mentioned figure.

In the first six months of current year averagely some 53.8 million liters of liquid fuel were consumed at Iranian power plants. Mazut accounted for 28 million liters of the mentioned figure.

The ministry seeks to decrease liquid fuel consumption in the country by boosting gas consumption.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh previously said that by increasing Iran's total gas output especially from joint fields, the country's liquid fuel consumption in the industrial units and power plants will be reduced.

Gas shortage forced Iran to burn 28 billion liters of diesel oil and mazut in power plants last year. According to National Iranian Gas Company's official statistics, Iran delivered 36 billion cubic meters of gas (some 100 million cubic meters per day) to power plants last year. The figure is projected to reach to 42 billion cubic meters in the current year.

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