BAKU, Azerbaijan, April 4
By Elnur Baghishov - Trend
Oil product storage tank has been put into operation in Urmia county of West Azerbaijan province in northwestern Iran, Trend reports referring to with citing official website of Company National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company.
According to the report, it is possible to store more than 118 million liters of oil products including gasoline, diesel and white oil in this storage tank.
In addition to, about 16-kilometer pipeline has been laid from Miandoab county to Urmia county by National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Company.
According to the report, the first batch of the oil products was transported to the storage tank through this pipeline.
Iran has 125 oil fields and 59 gas fields. Iran's total hydrocarbon reserves are estimated at 836 billion barrels.
With available technology equipment, the country can extract 239 billion barrels. Thus, 29 percent of the country hydrocarbon reserves are recoverable, while 71 percent remain underground.