Azerbaijan, Baku, Oct.8 / Trend G.Mehdi/
The capacity of fuel storage facilities at Iranian power plants has been doubled since the calendar year 1386 (March 2007-March 2008), an official with the Iran Power Generation Transmission and Distribution Management Company (TAVANIR) stated, ISNA reported.
Capacity is currently around 5.68 billion litres, including 2.64 billion litres of heating oil and 3.04 billion litres of diesel oil, Abdorrasoul Pishahangi told ISNA.
On September 4, an official with the National Iranian Oil Production and Distribution Company said that the private sector has attained self-sufficiency in all the designing, engineering, and building processes relating to oil storage facilities.
The Mehr News Agency quoted Heydar Shamsi as saying that five fuel storage facilities will be inaugurated by March 2013 in Iran, boosting the national fuel storage capacity to 12.8 billion litres.
He added that four new storage facilities will be commissioned by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2013).
At present, Iran has the capacity to store 11.5 billion litres of fuel, which is sufficient for 58 days of consumption.
Last year, 16 storage facilities were inaugurated nationwide boosting the country's storage capacity by one billion litres.
The storage capacity is planned to reach 14.5 billion litres by 2016.