Iran bypasses Hormuz Strait to export crude oil
It is located some seven kilometers 4.7 miles off the coast.82 per cent of this project has been completed and so far more than 1.2 billion dollars have been spent on this, Oil Minister Jan Zanganeh said.
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Iran Thursday began exporting crude oil for the first time in the Gulf of Oman, bypassing the strategic Strait of Hormuz.
During a ceremony marking the inauguration of the project, President Hassan Rouhani called the plan “strategic.” Iranian state media described the move as an indication that sanctions imposed by the US were being defeated. Washington placed sanctions on Tehran after former US President Donald Trump pulled his country out of a nuclear deal between Iran and world powers.
The project, which began in 2019 and will cost some $2 billion in total, helps Iran lessen its dependency on its main oil export terminal on the Persian Gulf island of Kharg. The shortcut also reduces transportation and insurance expenses for oil tankers.
The facility currently allows the pumping of some 30,000 barrels of crude into tankers per hour, via a floating anchored offshore jetty, or single point mooring. It is located some seven kilometers (4.7 miles) off the coast.
“82 per cent of this project has been completed and so far more than 1.2 billion dollars have been spent on this,” Oil Minister?Jan Zanganeh said.
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