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Abadan Refinery Raises Supply of Euro-5 Gasoline, Diesel Output

The second phase of Abadan Oil Refinery’s expansion plan in Khuzestan Province, which was completed last month, will not only help improve environmental conditions but also increase the supply of gasoline and diesel that comply with Euro-5 emission standards, the project operator said.

 

“The development project has increased the facilities’ daily refining capacity by 50% to reach 630,000 barrels,” Ahmad Farzaneh was also quoted as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news portal.

 

Giving a breakdown, he noted that the refinery’s Euro-5 gasoline output has increased from 10 million liters per day to 14 ml/d, up 40%. “Diesel production has also risen by 25% to approach 20 ml/d.”

 

The venture, carried out at an estimated cost of $1.5 billion, entailed the installation of new units for hydrogen processing, hydrocracking, liquefied petroleum gas, crude distillation and other utilities to replace old units built 110 years ago, he added. Because the crude processing facility is equipped with the hydrogen production unit, it will help increase the supply of products complying with Euro-5 standards.

 

European emission standards define the acceptable limits for exhaust emissions of new vehicles sold in EU member states. The emission standards are defined in a series of European Union directives calling for the progressive introduction of increasingly stringent standards.

 

“The refinery has a sulfur recovery unit to reduce mazut output to less than 25% from the present 50%,” he added. Farzaneh noted that the project, which started in 2017, has boosted the production of jet fuel by 10%.

 

Built in 1912, Abadan Oil Refinery is the first of its kind in Iran and was once the largest in the world. The refinery, heavily damaged during the 1980-88 Iran-Iraq war, produces 460 tons of propane and 16,000 barrels of butane. It also meets 25% of Iran’s annual need for jet fuel. 

 

According to the official, the new crude distillation unit will reduce the production of heavy products such as mazut while increasing the output and quality of value-added light-duty products such as jet fuel.

 

The third phase is projected to cost $2 billion and add more high-tech units to the facility, some of which are kerosene hydrotreating, isomerization, naphtha hydrotreaters and continuously catalyst regenerative. Farzaneh said close to 70% of equipment used in the project were purchased from domestic manufacturers.

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