The Goureh-Jask crude oil pipeline project has not been hurt by the spread of the novel coronavirus and operations are ongoing, said the managing director of the Petroleum Engineering and Development Co., a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil Company.
Although the deadly disease has had harmed many businesses, the pipeline project has not been halted as work goes on with minimum manpower and upholding emergency health regulations to ensure the safety of the workers at the site, NIOC website reported Touraj Dehghani as saying.
The project includes construction of a 1,000-kilometer pipeline to move 1 million barrels of crude oil a day from the West Karoun region to Jask, off the Sea of Oman.
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