EghtesadOnline: Close to 28 million barrels of synthetic oil have been supplied by the National Iranian South Oil Company via pipelines to Abadan and Isfahan refineries as feedstock over the last 14 months, the head of the company’s Production Department said.

EghtesadOnline: Despite earlier reports that the government would make tweaks in procedures involved in divesting residue of its stake in state companies, a notice by the Iranian Privatization Organization says otherwise.

EghtesadOnline: To help improve the quality of low-sulphur fuels and its compliance with the International Maritime Organization’s new rules (sulphur content no more than 0.5%) took effect on Jan 1, a refinery will start work in Bushehr Province in the near future, managing director of Kharazmi Technology Development Company said.

EghtesadOnline: The government’s remaining stakes in six refineries is to be offered via a monolithic exchange-traded fund, according to a decision by an ad hoc committee in charge of divesting government property.

EghtesadOnline: To comply with the International Maritime Organization (IMO) new regulations for a 0.5% global sulphur cap for marine fuels, refineries are making concerted efforts to lower sulphur content in mazut production, spokesman of the Iranian Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Products Exporters' Association said.

EghtesadOnline: Petrochemical plants in Iran annually use 33 million tons of feedstock from oil and gas refineries and NGL units, and with rise in the number of factories, feedstock will rise to 62 million tons by 2021 to reach 74 million tons by 2025, managing director of the National Petrochemical Company said Sunday.