TEHRAN (FNA)- A senior Iranian energy official said that Iran has a plan to increase its exports of Sulfur up to 1 million tons in the near future.


�The annual sulfur exports have amounted to 650,000 tons, and we are planning to increase this volume to about 1 million tons through operation of South Pars new refineries,� CEO of the Iranian Gas Commercial Company (IGCC) Mohammad Ali Barati told the Iranian Mehr News Agency.

�Along with sulfur exports to target countries, we have plans to explore new markets for or sulfur exports,� Barati added.

Extracting sulfur from oil and gas raw material is a dominant policy in Oil Ministry which has contributed to increased gas products volume from refineries.

By Fars News Agency

 

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