08/09/2010 12:03
Iran says it is self-sufficient in petrol
Iranian Oil Minister Masoud Mirkazemi said on Tuesday that Iran has attained self-sufficiency in producing petrol, a commodity targeted by world powers in new sanctions imposed against Tehran.
“We have attained daily domestic production of 66.5 million litres of petrol in our refineries,” Mirkazemi was quoted as saying on state television’s website.
He said Iran previously used to produce 44 million litres of petrol a day and imported 20 million litres in order to meet its domestic need, PRIME-TASS reported citing ITAR-TASS.