IRAN

Bids Invited for 220,000 b/d Refinery at Bandar Abbas 

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has invited bids for the construction of a 220,000 b/d refinery at Bandar Abbas on Iran's Gulf coastline close to the Strait of Hormuz. Among the companies reportedly bidding for the project, for which payment will be made in oil, are Technipetrol and Snamprogetti of Italy, Chiyoda Chemical Engineering and JGC of Japan, and Lurgi of West Germany. The refinery complex will include a...