Energy News Beat Publishers Note: This total of 579,000 bpd is outside the quotas assigned to Iran and will impact world supply. Most going to China at a discounted rate.
Iran has launched three pipelines for the transfer of petroleum products with well over $200 million in investments into the projects.
The 26-inch Shazand-Qom-Rey pipeline is 293 km long and has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day (bpd); the 20-inch Naein-Kashan-Rey pipeline is 420 km long with a capacity of 204,000 bpd of petroleum products; and the 14-inch Tabriz-Khoy-Urmia pipeline is 220 km long, stretching from Tabriz to Urmia, with a total capacity of 65,000 bpd.
The Shazand-Qom-Rey pipeline project required investments of $59 million, Naein-Kashan-Rey received more than $221 million, and Tabriz-Khoy-Urmia cost $50 million.