National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company explained
National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) is part of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran. NIORDC was established on 8 March 1991 and undertook to perform all operations relating to refining and distribution of oil products.
Responsibilities and duties (as of 2009)
- Refining crude oil and producing a variety of oil products.
- Transferring crude oil from production bases and “Khazar Terminal” to the refineries and also transferring oil products from refineries and import bases to distribution procurement depots and distribution centres.
- Performing all refining projects and schemes, transfer and storing.
- Production, transfer and distribution of 250e6l of oil products per day.
- Daily export of around 60e6l of oil products abroad via oil terminals.
- Providing different sectors – industry, agriculture and power plants – with fuel and feed regularly e.g. petrochemical complexes.
- Providing consuming fuel to residential sector, business sector in urban and the peasantry communities all over the country.
- Providing more than 7 million vehicles – heavy and light – in the transportation sector with their required daily fuel.
Installations and capabilities
See also: National Iranian Petrochemical Company. As of 2010, NIORDC had 19 subsidiaries and affiliated companies, including 9 oil existing refineries.[1] Between 2007 and 2012, oil refining capacity for crude oil and gas condensate would increase from to .[2] By 2009, Iran had a total refining capacity of .[3]
Other facilities:
- Fourteen thousand kilometers of crude oil and oil product transfer pipelines.
- 150 pumping stations.
- Oil industry telecommunication network.
- Operational zones for pipelines and telecommunication.
- 35 operational zones for NIOPDC.
- 220 operational areas for NIOPDC.
- Storage tank installations with 10e9l capacity (2009). As of 2010, the storage capacity of oil products in the country was around 11.5e9l.
Fuel imports
See also: 2007 Gas Rationing Plan in Iran and Sanctions against Iran.
Major gasoline suppliers to Iran historically have been India, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, France, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.[6] [7] The Financial Times reported that Vitol, Glencore, Trafigura and other (western) companies had since stopped supplying petrol to Iran because of international sanctions.[8] In 2006, Vitol, a MNC based in Switzerland, supplied Iran with 60% of its total gasoline cargo imports.[6]
- Average daily gasoline consumption stood at 73e6l in 2006 but fell to 64e6l per day in 2007 concurrent with gasoline rationing plan and to 61e6l after the full implementation of the first phase of the subsidy reforms plan.[9] Gasoline production would reach 70e6l per day in 2013.[9]
- In 2008 Iran has imported nearly 40% of its market needs because of lack of refining capacity and contraband.
- In 2009, Iran spent paid $11 billion on imported fuel. In 2010, gasoline import declined to 30% of its market needs at 25e6l of gasoline and 11e6l of diesel fuel per day.[10] [11]
- In September 2010, Iran claimed that it has stopped importing gasoline according to the domestic capacity expansion plans.[12] This statement was later denied by the government of Hassan Rouhani.[13]
- As of July 2010, Iran produces between and of gasoline a day and until recently had acquired the remaining 30 percent, which is about to, through big oil companies.
- In 2014 Iran will import 10- of gasoline per day overall,[14] including 8- of premium gasoline from India per day because some of the gasoline produced domestically does not meet the Euro-5 quality standards[15] (and also because of the fuel smuggling/price differential with neighboring countries.)
- In 2016, fuel imports decreased 50% to about 4e6l per day on average thanks to falling oil prices (i.e. falling price differential with neighboring countries and consequent fall in the smuggling activity).[16]
Iran: Company (Country) Source of Gasoline Imports!2008!2009| BP (UK) | CNPC (China) |
| ENOC (UAE) | Glencore (Switzerland) |
| Glencore (Switzerland) | IPG (Kuwait) |
| IPG (Kuwait) | Litasco (Russia) |
| MEP (UAE) | Petronas (Malaysia) |
| Reliance Industries (India) | Reliance Industries (India) |
| Shell (Netherlands) | Shell (Netherlands) |
| SPC (Singapore) | Total (France) |
| Total (France) | Trafigura (Switzerland) |
| Trafigura (Switzerland) | Vitol (Switzerland) |
| Vitol (Switzerland) | Zhenhua Oil (China) | |
New facilities
While the country remains dependent on small gasoline and diesel imports, net gasoline imports in 2013 averaged only 33 000 bpd. This compares to refined product imports of 182 000 bpd in 2009, of which two thirds was gasoline (approximately 132 000 bpd).[17]
New Planned Refineries by the public sector (as at 2010) | Refinery | Location | Refining capacity[18] | Estimated costs [19] | Estimated completion date |
|---|
| Khuzestan refinery (privately owned) | | . The refinery will refine the heavy crude oil produced in Azadegan and Yadavaran oil fields. It will also produce 10e6l of super gasoline complying with Euro IV standard, 12.6e6l of diesel oil, 3e6l of jet fuel, 5e6l of liquefied gas, and of sulfur. | 2.9 billion euros | 2012 |
| The Persian Gulf Star refinery | | 360,000 of gas condensates per day and to produce gasoline, jet fuel, and other valuable products. | 2.5 billion euros | 2010 |
| Shahriar refinery | |
- gasoline production:
| 1.2 billion euros | 2012 |
| Anahita refinery | | | 1.3 billion euros | 2012 |
| Hormoz refinery | | of heavy and extra heavy crude oil | $4.3 billion | 2012 |
| Caspian refinery | | | $4 billion | 2013 |
| Pars refinery | | | 800 million euros | 2012 | |
Planned in 2011, Qeshm refinery (capable of processing heavy crude oil) will have an output capacity of 30,000 barrels a day of light oil products and will become operational by 2014.[22]
Subsidiary companies
The NIORDC subsidiaries are as follows:
- National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Co.
- Management of Construction & Development of "CNG" Stations Co.
- National Iranian Oil Engineering and Construction Co. (NIOEC)
- Oil Pipeline and Telecommunication Co.
- Oil Refining Co.
See also
External links
Notes and References
- Web site: NIORDC - National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company. NIORDC. 6 February 2012.
- Web site: NIORDC - National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company. NIORDC. 6 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304065246/http://en.niordc.ir/index.aspx?siteid=77&siteid=77&pageid=963. 4 March 2016. dead.
- http://www.bp.com/liveassets/bp_internet/globalbp/globalbp_uk_english/reports_and_publications/statistical_energy_review_2008/STAGING/local_assets/2010_downloads/statistical_review_of_world_energy_full_report_2010.pdf Statistical review of world energy full report 2010
- Web site: Iran. U.S. Energy Information Administration. 6 February 2012. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20080331224530/http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/cabs/Iran/Oil.html. 31 March 2008.
- Web site: Iran's Gasoline Production to Rise by 23 ml/d Next Year. Shana. 6 February 2012. https://web.archive.org/web/20120309075121/http://www.shana.ir/162624-en.html. 9 March 2012. dead.
- https://fpc.state.gov/documents/organization/107234.pdf Organization
- News: Kittrie . Orde F.. How to Put the Squeeze on Iran. The Wall Street Journal. 13 November 2008. 6 February 2012.
- Web site: World's biggest oil trader ends supplies to Iran: company. https://web.archive.org/web/20100314211847/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8F5PBdgqqF_rE10ZY088CBvTqdg. dead. 14 March 2010. AFP. 8 March 2010. 6 February 2012.
- http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9104254519
- News: Iran is ready for planned U.S. sanctions targeting fuel imports, analysts say . The Washington Post. 23 June 2010. 6 February 2012. Thomas. Erdbrink. Colum. Lynch.
- Web site: Sanctions And Iran's Achilles Heel. Payvand. 6 February 2012.
- Web site: Iran Claims It Has Started Exporting Gasoline. Payvand. 6 February 2012.
- Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: Web site: Minster of oil : We have always imported 5 to 7 million liter of fuel (Benzine) ! . YouTube.
- Web site: Gasoline consumption in Iran hits all-time record high.
- Web site: Iran plans to import 10 million liters of Indian premium gasoline per day - Tehran Times . www.tehrantimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130920120159/http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/110844-iran-plans-to-import-10-million-liters-of-indian-premium-gasoline-per-day . 2013-09-20.
- Web site: Iran halves gasoline imports - Mehr News Agency. 15 October 2016 .
- Web site: Iran on verge of fuel self-sufficiency: Business Monitor International - Tehran Times . tehrantimes.com . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141031213635/http://www.tehrantimes.com/economy-and-business/119119-iran-on-verge-of-fuel-self-sufficiency-business-monitor-international- . 2014-10-31.
- Web site: Iran: Construction of 7 refineries moving ahead. Payvand. 6 February 2012.
- Web site: NIORDC - National Iranian Oil Refining & Distribution Company. NIORDC. 6 February 2012.
- Country Overview. Iran Investment. November 2010. 4. 50. 26 January 2014.
- Web site: Iran's first private refinery . Tehran Times. 13 October 2010 . 6 February 2012.
- Market Overview. Iran Investment. October 2011. 6. 61.
