281 Refining Parts Localized at Iran's Bandar Abbas Refinery

The commercial deputy of Bandar Abbas Oil Refining Company ( Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery Optimization ) said the facility has provided 281 types of refinery items by relying on domestic manufacturers over the course of the previous Iranian calendar year of 1398 which ended on March 19. According to the National Iranian Oil Products Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), Fardin Bahrampour pointed out that many of the items are important and vital parts and equipment in the oil refining industry, which guarantee production continuity.

He said supporting domestic manufacturing resulted in saving the country over IRR 128 billion (~US$581,818) in costs only last year. Bahrampour said that so far over 5,000 item types, comprising 552,000 items, have been localized at the refinery by relying on local manufacturers for the first time in the country. The official also added that scouting for capable manufacturers in the southern province of Hormuzgan was one of the plans top on the agenda of the refinery for entrusting production of items domestically. - Shana