A total of 50 billion liters of crude oil and petroleum products were transferred via pipelines from Tehran to northern regions, namely Gilan and Mazandaran provinces in the last fiscal year (March 2022-23), indicating a 12% increase compared to the previous year, managing director of the Iranian Oil Pipeline and Telecommunication Company's Tehran office said on Monday."Of the total transfer, 20 billion liters were crude oil and the rest was derivatives," Mojtaba Besharatian was also quoted as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news service.The construction of new pipelines to transfer petroleum products from southern oil terminals to Tehran tops the agenda of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company, as this approach has priority over other means of supply such as tanker trucks, he added.“The completion of Naeen Oil Terminal project in Isfahan Province, in addition to the 26-inch 420-km-long Naeen-Kashan-Rey pipeline, has helped increase gasoline supply from Persian Gulf Star Refinery in southern Hormozgan Province to Tehran from 170,000 barrels per day to 220,000 barrels.”Gasoline is transferred from Bandar Abbas to Rafsanjan and then from Rafsanjan to Naeen and eventually it arrives in Tehran.Nain-Kashan-Rey pipeline was a macro plan that took four years to be completed. Without the pipeline, thousands of tankers would be needed to move the petroleum products."Close to 50,000 tons of metal pipes were used to complete the plan and the pumps were manufactured by local engineers."According to the NIORDC website, IOPTC’s Tehran office covers northern provinces, namely Gilan, Mazandaran, North Khorasan, South Khorasan, Khorasan Razavi, Semnan, Golestan, Qazvin and Zanjan.IOPTC is a subsidiary of NIORD.  (ICE TEHERAN)

Fonte notizia: Financial Tribune