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Iran to begin crude loading at Jask

IRAN THE first volumes of crude will begin being cluster via the Omidieh pumping station. The
loaded from Iran’s new Jask Oil Terminal (JOT) wider pipeline project will include five pump-
following the arrival of oil through the first phase ing stations, two pigging stations and terminals.
of the 1,000-km Goreh-Jask pipeline. The pipeline project is reported to have come in
Speaking to the state-run Islamic Republic under budget at $1.1bn.
News Agency (IRNA) JOT director Vahid Mal- The first single-point mooring (SPM) at Jask
eki said that 100,000 tonnes (733,000 barrels) of was made operational shortly after construction
heavy crude could be loaded once it arrives at the of the pipeline was completed, giving JOT a first
port on July 21. phase throughput capacity of 350,000 bpd via
Meanwhile, Reza Dehghan, deputy CEO two 36-inch (914-mm), 6-km pipelines that tie
for development and engineering affairs at the the loading facility to the shore and a metering
National Iranian Oil Co. (NIOC), told Islamic stations.
Republic of Iran Broadcasting that the first ship- It has been designed to handle exports
ment of crude is expected “to be loaded by the of heavy and light crude grades as well as
end of the week”. condensates.
He added: “The national plan for the trans- Two further SPMs with associated pipelines
fer of crude oil from Goreh to Jask is now more and metering facilities will expand the port’s
than 80% complete and it now has a capacity of export capacity to at least 1mn bpd.
300,000 bpd, which will gradually increase to a JOT features twenty 500,000-barrel tanks
million barrels with the completion of pumps with a capacity of 10mn barrels of oil as well
and pumping stations.” as offshore facilities for exporting crude oil,
The pipeline’s 300,000 barrel per day (bpd) and there are plans in place to expand storage
first phase was completed in May and consists of capacity to 30mn barrels. The terminal has been
1,000-km of 42-inch (1,067-mm) pipe running developed on an area of 0.6 square km at a cost of
from the Goreh oil terminal in Bushehr Province around $305-315mn.
to Jask in Hormozgan Province. The start-up of operations will mark a pos-
Phase 2 is also underway, which will expand itive note with which to end the reign of Pres-
the capacity of the line to carry than 1mn bpd ident Hassan Rouhani’s administration, which
of crude from the oilfields in the West Karoun will leave office on August 3.™

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