Projects Underway to Make Isfahan Refinery ‘Green’

Isfahan Oil Refining Company has invested more than $1.4 billion in the past on environmental projects to make it a “green” enterprise in two years, managing director of the refinery said.
“With the help of the development projects, observation of environmental standards, e production of environmentally friendly products in accordance with Euro 4 and 5 standards, we are taking big steps toward shaping a sustainable economy,” Mohsen Qadiri was also quoted as saying by the Oil Ministry’s news agency Shana.
Noting that water consumption poses a serious threat to industries, including Isfahan Oil Refining Company, he said, “With the aim of turning the threat into an opportunity, various projects have been implemented or are being carried out. For the first time in Iran, the national environmental project of treatment and industrial use of municipal wastewater has been launched in Isfahan Oil Refining Company for reducing the use of drinking water resources by 750 cubic meters per hour.
Qadiri stressed that this project was completed in two years at a cost of $3 million.