VOL. XXXIV

NO. 11

17-DECEMBER-1990

Iran

Domestic Consumption on the Rise

Iranian Oil Minister Gholamreza Aghazadeh said on 8 December in an interviewwith Tehran Radio that Iran's seven refineries are exceeding their normalcapacities by 200,000 b/d and producing 920,000 b/d of petroleum products. Headded however that this is not enough to satisfy local demand and that

Iran is therefore importing 234,000 b/d of kerosene and diesel oil from theNetherlands and other European countries. He said that...