Shazand Refinery, RIPI Sign Deal to Produce Needle Coke

Imam Khomeini Shazand Oil Refinery and the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry signed a contract for the production of needle coke, which will render Iran self-sufficient in the production of the item used for steel production.
The contract was signed by Managing Director of Shazand Refinery Gholamhossein Ramezanpour and the head of RIPI, Jafar Tofiqi, in Tehran on Sunday, the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana reported.
The pilot plant of the coke production unit has been built at RIPI and it will help launch the unit in the refinery.