The Iranian Defense Industries Organization has managed to manufacture 41 pressure tanks and 11 distillation towers of its own design for the Bushehr oil refinery, the Iranian Defense Ministry said.
MOSCOW (Sputnik) Domestically producing petrochemical equipment is "a major step and a new beginning inan era ofdevelopment ofthe Islamic Republic ofIrans petrochemical industries," Tasnim News Agency cited the ministry's statement asasserting.
According tothe media outlet, the domestically-produced refining equipment is the latest achievement ina series oftechnical inventions made byIranian petrochemists forthe national oil industry.
After Iran made a nuclear deal inJuly 2015 withthe P5+1 group ofcountries including the United States, Russia, France, China and Britain plus Germany guaranteeing the peaceful nature ofTehran's nuclear program, the European Union, the United Nations and partially the United States lifted sanctions againstIran, enabling it torestart oil supplies tothe global market.