Owji stated that the 300,000-barrel Shahid Soleimani petro-refinery is the first concentrated petro-refining project in the country, and its construction will begin in April next to the Persian Gulf Star refinery.

"We have started investing seriously besides the talks and have signed $4.5 billion worth of contracts in the last six months,” Owji noted while addressing a ceremony to launch gas storage facilities and tanks of Bidboland Persian Gulf Gas Refinery and singing eight contracts for collection of associated petroleum gas (APG) in the southwestern city ...