Discovery of 47 cases of unauthorized branching and fuel theft in 1401/saving 1.3 billion dollars by replacing the pipeline with an oil tanker

According to the economic correspondent of Fars news agency, Arslan Rahimi, the CEO of Naft Pipelines and Telecommunications Company, said during a press conference on the eve of the 27th Tehran International Oil Exhibition: The need for pipelines to transport oil and petroleum products depends on how they are maintained. For example, the Gachsaran pipeline with more than 60 years of life has no problems in terms of functionality, but the 16-inch pipeline from Ahvaz to Andimeshk has a problem.

He added: Out of the total of 14,000 kilometers of Iran’s pipelines, only 125 kilometers need to be renovated, and the maintenance status of these pipelines is favorable, and the deterioration of Iran’s pipeline network is minor.

* Discovery of 47 cases of unauthorized branching and fuel theft last year

Rahimi said: “Unfortunately, the increase in fuel prices inside and outside the country has increased the incentives for fuel smuggling.” Last year, we discovered 47 unauthorized branchings on oil product transfer pipelines, and this year, 67 cases of unauthorized branching and pipeline theft have been discovered so far.

The CEO of Naft Pipelines and Telecommunications Company said: “In some cases, it is very difficult to discover the branches, but we are trying our best to discover the branches as soon as possible, and the situation is not like in the past, when, for example, unauthorized extraction takes place for several months, and the company only notices this issue.” .

He stated: Many unauthorized branches are discovered by the line driver before taking and stealing fuel, but in some cases, the method of fuel theft is complicated. For example, in the 26-inch pipeline from Bandar Abbas to Rafsanjan, the thieves had built a 40-meter tunnel and had branched from underground to the pipeline. To prevent this from happening, we unfortunately lost 5 colleagues.

* Saving 1.26 billion dollars for the development of oil and fuel pipeline network

Rahimi said: The volume of crude oil and product transportation through pipelines reached 131 billion liters in 1401, which has increased by 2.2 percent compared to 1400. In 1401, a total of 63 billion liters of products and 68 billion liters of crude oil were transported through the country’s oil and product pipelines. Also, last year we transferred 3.8 billion liters of products to power plants.

In the end, the CEO of Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company said: The cost of transporting the product by tanker is 738 Tomans per ton kilometer, and this figure is 79 Tomans for pipelines, which means that the cost will be reduced by 90%. By replacing the pipeline instead of the oil tanker, equivalent to 1.26 billion dollars will be saved in oil and gas consumption.

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