Pre-sale of 2 billion liters of low-priced gasoline in the previous government / plan to build a 300,000-barrel oil refinery
According to Fars News Agency’s economic correspondent, Jalil Salari, Deputy Minister of Oil and Managing Director of the National Company for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products, said in a press conference with reporters in the field of energy: Thus, during the Zanganeh period, no storage tanks were built in the country, while due to the growing consumption of the country’s needs, the construction of tanks and the development of pipelines were required.
He continued: “The 13th government came to power while 4,000 tankers had left the country’s fuel transport fleet due to carelessness, and on the other hand, there was no capacity to increase fuel transfer through the pipeline.”
Salari said: in order for the National Company for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products to be in its position, the identity of this company must first be determined, which is also done by compiling and approving the company’s articles of association, and we have finalized this article.
* The negligence of the twelfth government in providing financial credits for the vacuum baton according to the 1400 budget law
The CEO of the National Refining and Distribution Company added: “Some legal duties in the 1400 budget law were assigned to the National Refining and Distribution Company, which was not implemented in the first six months of the year in the twelfth government.” For example, in a note to a budget law, the issue of granting a vacuum baton in the amount of 15,000 billion tomans is mentioned, for which no action was taken in the previous government.
He stated: In the thirteenth government, we formed a working group to provide credits equivalent to vacuum baton and so far, equivalent to 1454 billion tomans related to 19 thousand tons of vacuum baton has been allocated.
* 70% of the capacity of power plants’ tanks is filled with liquid fuel
Salari said the 13th government was operating while the liquid fuel in the tanks of the power plants was 20% lower than the same period last year. According to the plan, 2,300 new tankers entered the country’s fuel transport fleet, and now about 70% of the power plants’ inventory is filled with second fuel.
The CEO of the National Refining and Distribution Company added: “Last year, a total of 16 billion liters of liquid fuel was consumed in power plants, which will definitely increase due to the growth of electricity and gas consumption this year and the reduction of capacity of power plants.”
He stressed: So far, about 7 billion liters of liquid fuel has been supplied to power plants, of which 3 billion liters have been consumed in the north of the country, 0.9 billion liters in Khorasan and 2.9 billion liters in the south, center and west of the country. Our forecast for this year is the consumption of 18 billion liters of liquid fuel in power plants.
* Pre-sale of 2 billion liters of gasoline at a fixed price in the previous government
Salari said: “In the budget law 1401, we seek to spend the income from the transfers in the National Refining and Distribution Company with the development of various provisions.” Transparency is one of the slogans we seek to achieve, so with its transparent budgeting, we want to develop 10% of transmission and storage capacity.
The CEO of the National Refining and Distribution Company added: “There was no transparency in the previous government.” For example, there are ambiguities in the transfer of some refineries. In the field of supply channels, 200 stations have been assigned, but the method of transfer and its price are not clear at all.
He continued: “The previous government sold 2 billion liters of fuel in advance, without delivering these fuels.” That means $ 74 million has been raised, but no fuel has been given to applicants. They also sold the fuel at a fixed price last year.
Salari added: “That means that the previous government last year pre-sold gasoline at a fixed price of $ 300 per ton, while now the price of gasoline is $ 850 per ton.” They received the money at the same time, and a commitment has been made to the current government. They have just hurt the current government by setting a fixed price. I do not know why the monitoring devices do not take this issue seriously.
* By managing and informing correctly about the hacker attack of the enemy, we prevented the recurrence of Aban 98
The CEO of the National Refining and Distribution Company said: “In the case of disruption in the country’s fuel system, with the efforts of my colleagues in the National Refining and Distribution Company, we were able to neutralize the enemy’s plan within a week.” Proper management, coordination and information in the media prevented the story of November 1998 from being repeated in November 1400, thus strengthening the people’s trust in the 13th government.
He added: “The effort of the Ministry of Oil is to provide quality fuel to power plants and fuel with the desired quality is given to power plants, but the Ministry of Energy can also help reduce environmental pollution by increasing the efficiency of CHP systems.”
Salari said: “Currently, the efficiency of the country’s power plants is 30%, while the efficiency of Iran’s refineries is 58%, which shows that the Ministry of Energy should plan to increase the efficiency of power plants.”
* The need to use 4th generation CNG kit technology in dual-fuel vehicles
The CEO of the National Refining and Distribution Company said: The export of petroleum products will be done if the domestic demand is met, and this export will be done taking into account the market conditions and market needs. In the previous government, we saw that some oversupply had caused the price of Iranian products to fall.
He stressed that the legal obligation emphasizes the development of CNG up to 22% of the fuel basket, which has already been achieved. Production of CNG plants must be done. 4G technologies must also be used in CNG kits. Our partners in the research and technology unit are looking to develop 4th and 5th generation CNG fuel technology in the country.
* Daily gasoline consumption has reached 90 million liters
Salari said that if the construction of petroleum refineries is carried out according to the plan, the refining capacity will be 1.5 times. At Arak Refinery, we are looking to build a petroleum refinery.
The CEO of the National Refining and Distribution Company continued: “Gasoline consumption this month was 90 million liters per day, compared to 75 million liters per year last year, but this reduction in consumption was due to coronary restrictions.” Diesel consumption also increased from 80 million liters last year to 83 million liters. The country’s gasoline production is 103 million liters per day.
* Details of the National Refining and Distribution Company’s plan for the construction of petroleum refineries
In response to a question from Fars News Agency’s economic correspondent about the Ministry of Oil’s plan to build petroleum refineries, he said: “The National Company for Refining and Distribution of Petroleum Products supports the plan to support the development of downstream oil industries or the law on petroleum refineries.” But on the other hand, we have a historical experience that no refinery will be built until the government intervenes directly.
Salari further explained: in the construction of the Persian Gulf Star refinery, the burden of financing has been on the government and about 75% of the financing of this refinery has been done from government sources. The Imam Khomeini Shazand refinery is also funded by the government.
The CEO of the National Refining and Distribution Company, in response to a question from an economic reporter of Fars News Agency, said: “As a result, in parallel with the implementation of petroleum refinery feed breathing, we also tried to develop a petroleum refining project with a capacity of 300,000 barrels.” Provisions have been made in the 1401 budget law to finance this project.
He also continued: “In order to advance the law on petroleum refineries, we have had meetings with the Energy Commission to determine the share of feed for petroleum refining projects from the National Development Fund in different scenarios of oil sales, and the National Development Fund should clarify this issue sooner.” We have also held monthly meetings with the Energy Commission to advance the plans.
Salari emphasized in the end: the construction of petroleum refineries in the country requires a comprehensive plan. There are currently 20-30 petrochemical projects on the desk of the refining and distribution company, from which we have to choose 2-3 projects and focus our support on them.
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