Reza Dehghan, in an interview with the IRIB, pointed out that the oil in the 1000-km pipeline has passed 980 kilometers from Goreh to Jask will reach its destination until the end of the current week. This will be the first oil shipment to the newly-built Jask Terminal.

He added: "The national plan for the transfer of crude oil from Goreh to Jask is now more than 80% complete and it now has a capacity of 300,000 barrels per day, which will gradually increase to a million barrels with the completion of pumps and pumping stations."

Dehghan, who is the NIOC deputy CEO for Development and Engineering Affairs, added: "The progress of the project in the last two years has been extraordinary and more than 70% of the progress was made during this period."

Touting the project as one of the successful projects of the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum and the NIOC, he added: "This project has significant performance in terms of quality, implementation, implementation time and cost management; the project has a budget of $2 billion, but is being completed at a lower rate; 100% of its design, engineering and execution are also Iranian and a total of 91% of domestic construction has been achieved in this national project, which is a good record.”

He added: "This national plan will create a good prosperity in Jask and Makran regions. Petrochemical and refinery construction is also planned in the area, and the Ministry of Roads is scheduled to build a commercial jetty in the area.