TEHRAN, Oct. 28 (Shana) � Iran has attained at research scale the first locally-made cracking technology to process petroleum coke in the oil refinery coker units, said an official in the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI).
�Based on a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between RIPI�s Downstream Campus and the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO), it was agreed to launch the project locally,� said Mohmmad Hojabr Mahdavi, head of engineering and technical services in RIPI.
The larger-scale petcoke processing technology will be employed in the oil industry, added Mahdavi whose research unit has been assigned with the project.

By SHANA