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    Iran nears self-sufficiency in jet fuel production

    File photo shows an Iranian technician installing hose for refueling
    an aircraft.

    http://www.presstv.ir/detail/2013/01/29/286213/iran-to-produce-jet-fuel-soon/
    Tue Jan 29, 2013 2:46PM GMT

    Iran is close to becoming self-sufficient in producing jet fuel with
    the renovation of Abadan Oil Refinery, the oldest crude oil treatment
    facility in the Middle East.


    Next week, Iran's President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad is expected to
    inaugurate the final phase of the development of Abadan Refinery in
    the southwestern province of Khuzestan.

    Along with the Residual Fluid Catalytic Cracking (RFCC) unit which
    will also come on stream at Shazand Refinery in central Iran to mark
    the anniversary of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in early February,
    Abadan Refinery will be producing 30 million liters per day (mlpd) of
    gasoline conforming with Euro-4 and Euro-5 standards.

    Iran is currently a leading producer of jet fuel for passenger and
    cargo planes. The gasoline production unit of Abadan Oil Refinery
    would allow the production of fuel for helicopters, crop dusters and
    trainers.

    The alkylation unit of Abadan Refinery is forecasted to produce 2 mlpd
    of fuel for helicopters.

    Deputy Minister of Oil Alireza Zeighami said the Abadan Refinery
    upgrade would enhance the country's gasoline octane to 95, raise
    sulfur and liquefied gas, and cut fuel oil production to 2.7 mlpd in
    the facility.

    He put at nearly one billion dollars the total costs for design,
    manufacturing, installation and operation of the project and an
    adjacent power plant.

    Iran plans to inaugurate three mega-projects at Shazand, Lavan and
    Abadan refineries by the end of the current Persian calendar year
    (ending March 20, 2013) to enhance the production of the country's
    premium gasoline from 12 mlpd to 25 mlpd.

    Iran attained self-sufficiency in fuel production after its
    international suppliers stopped selling gasoline under US pressure.

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