VOL. XXXVI

NO. 51

20-SEPTEMBER-1993

IRAN

Iran's New Arak Refinery Running At 90,000 B/D

Iran's newly constructed inland refinery at Arak, around 230 km. southwest ofTehran, began regular production early in September and throughput is nowrunning at around 90,000 b/d, MEES understands from Tehran sources. Thiscompares with a full design capacity of 150,000 b/d.

It is not yet clear when the refinery will reach its full throughput of150,000 b/d since it still has a number of operational problems to...