Official in charge of the project told Petroenergy Information Network that Tang-e Fanni-Kermanshah pipeline supplied crude oil needed by Kermanshah refinery and oil products for Kermanshah region through pump stations at Tang-e Fanni and Afarineh. Reza Sharifiyan added that the current capacity of the pipeline was 40,000 barrels per day, which was 24,000 barrels before construction of the 16-inch pipeline from Tang-e Fanni to Afarineh. "Construction of the pipeline will obviate traffic of 420 tankers per day for fuel transport purposes," he noted. Sharifiyan stated that saving from the project would make up for the costs incurred for the construction of Bardasebi pumping station.