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of Covid-19 in 2020, have led many top Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji said during it, it is obvious that the soot is having health
commodities finance banks to shrink their a visit to the refinery on Thursday that the effects on the people of Rivers state,” he said.
exposure to the sector and focus on large facility will fed on super heavy oil from “Based on that, we set up a task force to
traders. Soroush and Nowruz oilfields in the Persian go after these bunkerers and on the 8th of
GT REVIEW Gulf. this month at Marine Base we arrested 10
Owji said private owners of the Qeshm suspects, who were escorting two tanker loads
Refinery had provided around $220 million of illegally-refined petroleum products.
REFINING in investment for construction of the “They were arrested while moving two
refinery and for the supply of machinery and tankers, each containing 45 litres of illegally-
Fajr Jam gas refinery equipment to the facility. refined petroleum products.”
he police commissioner identified the
He said the refinery could reach a refining
increases LPG output capacity of 100,000 barrels per day within the suspects as Aliyi Abdulahi, Abdulrahim
next three years.
Usman, Iskaku Adamu, Basiru Abubakar,
With the help of development projects at the Qeshm in one of the world’s largest islands Abubakar Usman, Mohammed Mohammed,
Fajr Jam Gas Refining Company in southern that is located in the Persian Gulf just few Yahaya Japhat, Salisu Usman, M. Abubarka
Iran, the production of liquefied petroleum kilometres off the southern Iranian coast. and Buhari Buhari.
gas has increased at the refinery, managing The area is one of major special economic He said on January 9, “our men also
director of the company said. zones of Iran where regulations are more arrested two suspects at Elele town. The
“The refinery now produces 130 tons per lax compared to the mainland to encourage two suspects, Godwin Ezekiel and Ifeanyi
day of LPG, which is higher than last year,” more investment in trade and manufacturing Asumuga, were arrested with two trucks of
Abdolsamad Najafi was also quoted as saying activities in the region. petroleum trucks and a Sports Utility Vehicle
by the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana. Qeshm Heavy Oil Refinery will become also loaded with petroleum products, on their
“Currently, more than 35 million cubic a major supplier of bitumen in Iran as local way to Imo state.
meters of gas are received from the South Pars authorities said the facility will be responsible “The same 8th of this month, we had
Gas Field and will reach 50 mcm soon,” he for one fifth of Iran’s total bitumen exports in information that at Ugbuatafa in Rumuji,
added. the near future. six persons were trying to start the illegal
FINANCIAL TRIBUNE PRESSTV refining business when our men stormed the
place and arrested five of them. In the course
Iran opens its first super Police arrest 18 illegal of investigation, it was discovered that one
Daniel Milito, who is the sponsor, was also
heavy oil refinery in Qeshm refinery operators in Rivers arrested”.
Eboka identified the five suspects as Isaac
Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi is to officially State Onuzoru, Alfred Okagbue, Keneddy Ezenwo,
inaugurate a first super heavy oil refinery in Christopher Agala and Sunday Onozuru.
Iran on Friday as the country moves ahead Friday Eboka, Rivers commissioner of police, THE CABLE
with plans to develop its massive petroleum says its operatives have arrested 18 persons
sector despite sanctions imposed by the involved in illegal oil refining activities in Americans install refinery
United States. different parts of the state.
The official IRNA news agency said in Eboka said this while parading the suspects at Syria’s Rmelan fields
a Thursday report that Raisi will open the in Port Harcourt on Monday.
Qeshm Heavy Oil Refinery on the second The Cable had reported that Nyesom Wike, The US occupation forces and the separatist
day of his provincial tour to the southern Rivers governor, had directed that suspected QSD militia installed an oil refinery in Rmelan
Hormozgan region. illegal refinery operators and a director of fields in Hasaka north eastern, in parallel with
It said the refinery had been working on energy be arrested over soot pollution in the stealing dozens of tankers laden with oil and
a pilot basis and using a half of its refining state. transferring them to Iraqi territories.
capacity in recent years, adding that the Eboka said the arrests followed the A source at Directorate of Rmelan fields
facility has now reached its full capacity for directive by the governor. told SANA that the oil refinery has a capacity
processing 70,000 barrels per day of crude. “Besides the economic sabotage aspect of to refine 3,000 barrels per day.

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