INSUBCONTINENT EXCLUSIVE:
TEHRAN- Iran has achieved the technical knowledge in the field of improving the quality of petroleum products, the managing director of the
National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) stated.Jalil Salari made the remarks in a ceremony for unveiling the
document of the fundamental project of producing needle coke from residual fuel oils, which was held at the place of the Research Institute
of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) on Tuesday.The mentioned ceremony, which was held concurrent with the Government Week (starting on August 24),
was participated by Azim Kalantari-Asal, the chairman of RIPI, Majid Rajabi, the managing director of Imam Khomeini
Khomeini Shazand Refinery is defined with the main goal of improving the quality of the refinery's heavy products, producing the strategic
product of needle coke, and improving the existing environmental conditions, using the local technical knowledge of the Research Institute
of Petroleum Industry.The sponge coke production plan is underway by Bandar Abbas Refinery, and Imam Khomeini Shazand Refinery is also
entering the EPC (Engineering, Procurement and Construction) phase with the delivery of the basic design documents for the production of
needle coke.Addressing the mentioned ceremony, the NIORDC managing director emphasized: "Today, we have reached the technical knowledge in
the area of product quality improvement, and in addition to being self-sufficient in this area, we can also enter the field of exporting
furnace that melts and refines steel scrap.Fortunately, with the efforts of domestic experts, today coke is produced in two grades, sponge
and needle, inside the country, the NIRODC managing director further underlined.Addressing the same ceremony, Azim Kalantari-Asal, the
chairman of the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry, referred to the cooperation between this institute, Imam Khomeini Shazand
Refinery, and the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company to develop technical knowledge in terms of the fuel oil chain, and
and putting them into operation to be about 200 million dollars, it is a huge figure for 400 oil wells, and saving this amount of money
leads to the creation of added value in the downstream chain of the oil industry, as well as spending it on the research and development
Managing Director Majid Rajabi (1st L)
