Iran exports over one million tons of oil products in calendar year

TEHRAN,April 7(MNA) - Iran exported more than one million tons of oil products in the past Iranian calendar year, which ended on March 20, the Mehr News Agency reported. Over one million tons of diesel fuel, kerosene, furnace oil, and naphtha were exported to different countries, mainly to the Persian Gulf states, and Southeast Asia. Meanwhile, the country swapped 140,000 tons of liquefied gas via the Caspian Sea states. On January 14, the Pana News Agency reported that Iran has created infrastructures for swapping up to 6 million liters of oil products at northern regions of the country. In August 2012, deputy oil minister Alireza Zeighami announced that Iran has launched a liquefied gas swap route in the Caspian Sea. The Mehr News Agency quoted Zeighami as saying that swapping other oil products, such as furnace oil, is currently underway with the Caspian Sea littoral states. Between 15,000-30,000 barrels of crude oil is swapped per day despite sanctions against the Islamic Republic's oil industry, the official noted.