VOL. XXXIX

No. 63

9-December-1996

IRAN

Start-Up Of New Bandar Abbas Refinery Delayed Until September 1997

Two main crude units planned at the new 232,000 b/d Bandar Abbas refinery should be operational by the end of the current Iranian year on 20 March 1997, but delays in completing construction work on the plant's crude import jetty will mean that the facility will not be able to begin operating for some months afterwards, probably as late as September. Commissioning of secondary units,...