TEHRAN (PIN) – The flare of Ilam Gas Refinery will be lit in the presence of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Managing Director Seyyed Reza Kassaeizadeh Saturday, Sept. 8, marking the martyrdom anniversary of Iranian people in the revolution.

According to the NIGC, the executive operations of the second phase of the Kermanshah-Ilam 30-inch gas transmission line and injection of gas into the line have been carried out and Ilam Gas Refinery is now ready to receive sweet gas and start its initial work.
The refinery is constructed in two phases.
In the first phase, the refinery receives 6.8 million cubic meters of sour gas and injects 5.8 million cubic meters of gas after sweetening process into the transmission line. In the second phase, the refinery is supplied with over 10 million cubic meters of sour gas.
Ilam, Chevar, and Ivan will be supplied with clean fuel, natural gas, when the refinery becomes operational.
The refinery produces 370 thousand cubic meters of ethane, over 1,300 cubic meters of propane, 1,200 cubic meters of gasoline, and 340 tons of sulfur in the first phase per day while its output in the second phase will be half of the first phase’s production.
Ilam Gas Refinery is situated 25km northwest of Ilam, 12km off Chevar region.
Iran’s Petroleum Ministry has allocated 20 trillion rials ($2.1 billion) for boosting the refining capacity, the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) reported.
The huge sum will be paid for 12 refineries’ repair projects and 11 optimization projects of oil installations.
The refineries of Abadan, Tehran, Lavan, Tabriz, Bandar Abbas, Arak, Kermanshah, Shiraz, and Isfahan are among the 12 refinery projects.
The projects included oil infrastructures of the areas of Abadan-Mahshahr, Tehran-Tabriz, Isfahan-Marun, Eslamabad-Isfahan, and Kermanshah, Bandar Abbas Refinery, and other regions.