EghtesadOnline: Imam Khomeini Shazand Oil Refinery and the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry signed a contract for the production of needle coke, which will render Iran self-sufficient in the production of the item used for steel production.

EghtesadOnline: Shazand Refinery in the central city of Arak, Markazi Province, has cut production of mazut, an eco-unfriendly fuel, to less than 7% by optimizing its processing facilities, managing director of the complex said.

EghtesadOnline: An abrupt and unusual enhancement of air pollution level in the cities of Iran in recent years has prompted Iranian officials to find an appropriate solution for countering the consequences of pollution.

EghtesadOnline: Shazand refinery in this central Iran province has produced close to 4,480 million liters of Euro-4 gasoline during the current Iranian calendar year (started March 20, 2016), a local official said.

EghtesadOnline: The National Iranian Oil Company supplies almost 55% of low-sulphur fuel to Iran's shipping fleet that complies with the International Maritime Organization’s new regulations demanding a 0.5% global sulphur cap for marine fuels, deputy for fleet development department in the Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines said.