The units were launched on Tuesday, February 11, 2025, at oil storage facilities in Mashhad, Tabriz, Arak, and Ahvaz.
The project is part of the KEHAB initiative which aims to reduce, redirect, transfer, and recycle gasoline vapor, preventing gasoline loss and environmental damage across the country. The initiative will not only reduce air pollution by curbing hydrocarbon vapor emissions but also recover 30,000 liters of gasoline per day from captured vapors—aligning with environmental commitments and corporate social responsibility goals.
Hamidreza Kordbacheh, VRU Project Manager at Neyr Perse, stated that the project contract was signed between the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC) and a consortium comprising MAPNA Group, Neyr Perse, and Monenco Iran Consulting Engineers.
All pre-commissioning, commissioning, and performance testing phases were successfully completed in Tabriz, Arak, and Ahvaz without the involvement or supervision of foreign suppliers, he said, adding that the project, recognized as a national initiative, relied entirely on local expertise and is now ready for provisional handover to NIOPDC.
Kordbacheh further noted that the Mashhad site, the final phase of the VRU project, has achieved 97% completion in pre-commissioning and commissioning activities. The site is expected to be ready for operation and provisional handover to the client before the end of the current Iranian calendar year (ending on March 20, 2025).
Neyr Perse experts successfully localized the technical knowledge for various project phases, including logic programming and pre-commissioning activities, said Kordbacheh.
Notably, they completed the activated carbon preconditioning process for the VRU unit in Arak, achieving satisfactory VOC (Volatile Organic Compound) emission levels during performance testing.
