Middle East Economic Survey

VOL. XLVII

No 51/52

20/27-December-2004

IRAN

Snamprogetti Studies Bandar Abbas Refinery Expansion

Italys Snamprogetti has begun a study on the construction of a sophisticated 160,000 b/d capacity unit at the Bandar Abbas refinery on behalf of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), MEES learns. NIORDC intends the new unit, designated Bandar Abbas II, to increase the refinerys crude distillation capacity and also provide additional capacity to...