TEHRAN (Tasnim) � A senior Iranian oil official said the country exported its first Euro 4-compliant gas oil shipment to global markets in the first four months of the Iranian calendar year (started on March 20).





�In the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year, about 184 million liters of diesel fuel with Euro 4 standards have been exported from Mahshahr oil terminal,� Mahmoud Taherizadeh, the director of southern industrial zone of Mahshahr in Khouzestan province for the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) said as cited by OilPrice website on Monday.

He added, �In addition to diesel oil, approximately 960 million liters of mazut were also deployed to world markets over the span of four months�.

Taherizadeh said that the Mahshahr terminal has become a �major corridor� for petroleum exports, and that diesel and mazut exports are expected to continue to grow.

Iran has been able to raise its crude oil output to around 3.6 million barrels per day (bpd) since the removal of anti-Tehran sanctions in January, and the country, the world's sixth-largest oil producer, may reach its pre-sanctions production levels in coming months.

By Tasnim News Agency