Javad Owji said on Wednesday that the refining capacity in the country must increase and for that, there is no other way than building petro-refineries.

He stated the advantage of building a petro-refining plant, in addition to providing fuel for the country, providing feedstock for petrochemical plants, and said: “Some petrochemical plants were facing shortage of feedstock last year.”

Referring to the administration’s plan to build a refinery with the capacity to refine 300,000 barrels of oil per day (martyr Qassem Soleimani) and stating that this is important in the 1401 budget, the petroleum minister added: “This refinery is located next to the Persian Gulf Star Refinery and its land has also been assigned.”

Owji mentioned the construction of heavy and ultra-heavy crude oil refinery "Morvarid Makran" with a daily production capacity of 300,000 barrels by Mofid Economic Group, and clarified: “The permission to build a number of refineries and petro-refineries with crude oil feedstock and gas condensate has also been issued.”