TEHRAN – Iran’s Persian Gulf oil pipelines region recorded a 13 percent rise in oil product transfers in the first 10 months of the current Iranian calendar year (late March, 2025-late January, 2026) compared with the same period last year, the regional director said.

Mohammad Nasr said the increase reflected a series of infrastructure and operational projects completed over the past year, including the launch of fuel supply to the Eisin and Hengam combined-cycle power plants via the national pipeline network, which has been operating continuously since March 2025.

Nasr said the first phase of the 26-inch Bandar Abbas–Sirjan–Rafsanjan oil products pipeline, stretching 460 kilometers, was inaugurated via videoconference with President Masoud Pezeshkian.

The project is aimed at ensuring stable fuel supplies to central and northern provinces.

He said that alongside the launch of the new pipeline, three Solar Centaur turbines were installed at Bandar Abbas, Qotbabad and Mehraran stations.

Power infrastructure upgrades were also completed, including new substations and connections to the national grid.

Nasr said a new administrative complex for the Persian Gulf region had been brought into operation, with office facilities, conference halls, utility networks and support infrastructure completed.

He added that extensive maintenance and repair work had been carried out across the network over the past year, including overhauls of turbines, pumps and compressors, pipeline pigging operations and upgrades to firefighting and safety systems, contributing to improved reliability and higher transfer volumes.

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