Islam Times - Iran Starts Exporting Oil from Jask Oil Terminal for 1st Time

Islam Times - National plan for transferring Goreh crude oil to Jask Terminal bore fruition at initiative taken by Ministry of Oil and National Iranian Oil Company and Iran's oil export from Jask Terminal became operational for first time.

Accordingly, the official process of loading and exporting first shipment of Iranian crude oil from Jask Oil Terminal started at the order of Iranian President Hassan Rouhani, so that the age-old objective of diversifying the origin of country’s oil export was realized.

Benefited from maximum capabilities and capacities of competent Iranian companies, giant steps were taken by the Iranian Oil Ministry and National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) in transferring Goreh crude oil to Jask Oil Terminal in line with exporting country’s crude oil from Jask Terminal for the first time in the country.

Implementation of a plan for transferring Goreh crude oil to Jask became operational, costing about $2 billion worth of credit, with the aim of creating the capacity of transferring 1 million barrels of oil per day (bpd), storing and exporting it through new Jask Oil Terminal, guaranteeing continuity of oil exports, de-centralizing oil expert terminals and diversifying it coupled with sustainable development and also generation of employment on shores of Makran.