Baku, Azerbaijan, Sept.23
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
Iran's Abadan Refinery will increase gasoline output to 12.5 million liters per day by autumn this year.
The refinery is currently producing 10.1 million liters of gasoline per day, Iran's Shana news agency reported on September 23.
Iran's gasoline consumption stood at 12.724 billion liters during the 6-month period from March 21 to 17 September, indicating a rise by 2.7 percent in comparison with the same period of last year.
The country's gasoline output is currently around 60 million liters, so it needs to import the rest.
On Sept. 15, Shahrokh Khosravani, deputy director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) said that the Islamic Republic has decreased gasoline imports to 4.7 million liters per day from the forecasted figure of 10 million liters, thanks to suitable storage and consumption management.
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