Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. LII

No 47

23-Nov-2009

IRAN

Mirkazemi Plans Temporary Gasoline Output Hike To Counter Sanctions

Iranian Minister of Petroleum Masoud Mirkazemi announced on 18 November a plan to enable Iran to increase over a temporary period its gasoline production capacity by about 14mn liters/day (88,060 b/d) to 58.5mn liters/day (367,965 b/d). This rapid increase in production would be based on a surge capability for gasoline production, achieved by converting aromatics units at...