24.01.2011, 22:46
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By Ladane Nasseri - Jan 24, 2011 2:59 PM GMT+0100
Iran stopped making gasoline at petrochemical plants after the government’s reduction in fuel subsidies last month caused prices to quadruple and consumption to fall, an official at Iran’s National Petrochemical Co. said.
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The Gulf nation had previously relied on imports for about 40 percent of its gasoline needs, due to a shortage of refining capacity. The government responded to the American restrictions by producing gasoline in chemical plants.
Over the past five months, Iran produced 17 million liters (4.5 million gallons) of gasoline a day at the petrochemical complexes, the state-run news agency Mehr reported on Jan. 22.
Reserves Peaked
Oil Minister Masoud Mir-Kazemi said in a Jan. 16 news conference that Iran’s gasoline reserves had “reached a peak.” He noted that demand for gasoline had eased after the government cut fuel subsidies on Dec. 19. This decline, together with the expected completion of refinery projects in coming months, meant the country would no longer have to make gasoline in petrochemical plants as a stop-gap solution.
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The projects included the Tehran-Mashhad 900-kilometer railway line, the 410-kilometer Tehran-Qom-Esfahan railway line, and the 370-kilometer Qazvin-Rasht-Anzali-Astara railway line.
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The Iranian official overseeing the projects, Massoud Rahnama, estimated that the projects would cost about USD 12 billion.
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