National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company

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 of oil products per day. Daily export of around 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

As of 2010, NIORDC had 19 subsidiaries and affiliated companies, including 9 oil existing refineries. Between 2007 and 2012, oil refining capacity for crude oil and gas condensate would increase from to . By 2009, Iran had a total refining capacity of .Statistical review of world energy full report 2010 BP.

+Crude Oil Refining capacity (2009) (in process of being upgraded)RefineryInstalled Capacity (bbl/d)Abadan350,000Isfahan280,000Arak (Imam-Khomeini)250,000Bandar Abbas230,000Tehran (Shahid Tondgouyan)220,000 (Euro 5 compliant by 2012)Arvand Oil Refinery120,000Lavan Island63,000 (Since 2012)Tabriz 100Kermanshah40Shiraz30Total:.

+Present Refinery Products - 2007Oil ProductsKBPD (thousand barrel per day)PercentGasoline28317%Gas oil511 32%Kerosene (Jet fuel)1368%Fuel oil45729%LPG503%Others18411%

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 capacity (2009). As of 2010, the storage capacity of oil products in the country was around .

Fuel imports

Major gasoline suppliers to Iran historically have been India, Turkmenistan, Azerbaijan, the Netherlands, France, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates.Organizationfpc.state.gov The Financial Times reported that Vitol, Glencore, Trafigura and other (western) companies had since stopped supplying petrol to Iran because of international sanctions. In 2006, Vitol, a MNC based in Switzerland, supplied Iran with 60% of its total gasoline cargo imports.

Average daily gasoline consumption stood at in 2006 but fell to per day in 2007 concurrent with gasoline rationing plan and to after the full implementation of the first phase of the subsidy reforms plan.http://english.farsnews.com/newstext.php?nn=9104254519 Gasoline production would reach per day in 2013. 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 of gasoline and of diesel fuel per day. In September 2010, Iran claimed that it has stopped importing gasoline according to the domestic capacity expansion plans. This statement was later denied by the government of Hassan Rouhani.Archived at Ghostarchive and the Wayback Machine: 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 of gasoline per day overall, including of premium gasoline from India per day because some of the gasoline produced domestically does not meet the Euro-5 quality standards (and also because of the fuel smuggling/price differential with neighboring countries.) In 2016, fuel imports decreased 50% to about per day on average thanks to falling oil prices (i.e. falling price differential with neighboring countries and consequent fall in the smuggling activity).

+Iran: Company (Country) Source of Gasoline Imports20082009BP (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).

+ New Planned Refineries by the public sector (as at 2010) Refinery Location Refining capacity Estimated costs Estimated completion date Khuzestan refinery (privately owned) Arvand Free Zone, near Abadan . The refinery will refine the heavy crude oil produced in Azadegan and Yadavaran oil fields. It will also produce of super gasoline complying with Euro IV standard, of diesel oil, of jet fuel, of liquefied gas, and of sulfur. 2.9 billion euros 2012 The Persian Gulf Star refinery Assalouyeh 360,000 of gas condensates per day and to produce gasoline, jet fuel, and other valuable products. 2.5 billion euros 2010 Shahriar refinery Tabriz ; gasoline production: 1.2 billion euros 2012 Anahita refinery Kermanshah Province 1.3 billion euros 2012 Hormoz refinery Bandar Abbas of heavy and extra heavy crude oil $4.3 billion 2012 Caspian refinery Gorgan, Golestan Province of crude oil; of gasoline, of gas oil from Caspian Sea countries with exports to Turkey, Afghanistan and Pakistan $4 billion 2013 Pars refinery Shiraz 800 million euros 2012

+ New Planned Refineries by the private sector (as at 2010) Refinery Location Refining capacity Estimated costs Completion date Yasouj refinery Yasouj . The refinery will produce petrol, gasoil, kerosene, furnace oil, liquefied gas, asphalt, and sulfur. $2.2 billion 2014

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.

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.

National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company

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