Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad said Iran will soon launch the production of low-sulfur fuel oil from the Shazand refinery in Markazi Province as part of nationwide efforts to modernize refining operations and enhance product quality. Paknejad said in remarks to ILNA news agency that the Oil Ministry is advancing several refinery quality upgrade projects to increase the value-added status of petroleum products and strengthen Iran’s competitiveness in global markets. “We are pursuing a number of preliminary measures under refinery quality improvement plans,” he said. According to the minister, one of these projects will soon come to fruition at the Shazand refinery in Arak, in the central province of Markazi, where a defined volume of low-sulfur fuel oil will be produced and supplied. “This marks the beginning of a path that will continue according to a set timetable, with further increases in the output of low-sulfur fuel oil as these quality upgrade projects are completed,” he added. (ICE TEHERAN)

Fonte notizia: Iran Daily