Pipeline Operations Management
Pipeline Operations Management carries out its activities through 12 operational regions: Tehran, Khuzestan, Lorestan, Markazi, Northeast, Fars, Northwest, Isfahan, West, Southeast, North, and Persian Gulf.
This division is responsible for managing a network with an annual transportation capacity exceeding 65 billion ton-kilometers of crude oil and petroleum products. Its responsibilities include supplying refineries with feedstock, transporting petroleum products, transferring products manufactured by refining companies, and delivering imported products to designated storage depots.
These operations require continuous 24-hour service. To achieve its objectives, in addition to pipeline access roads and highly skilled operational personnel, the following essential facilities and equipment are utilized:
Major Facilities and Equipment
24 turbo-generators
428 cathodic protection stations
17 units of 63-kV electrical substations
364 main pressure-boosting pumps
165 turbine-driven prime movers
263 medium-voltage electric motor prime movers
15,000 km of pipelines
232 oil transfer stations, pressure-reducing stations, and related facilities
42 crude oil storage tanks with a total capacity of 10 million barrels
60 petroleum product storage tanks with a total capacity of 1.5 billion liters
161 units of 33-kV and 20-kV electrical substations with a total power consumption of 180 MW
Installed power of 1,350,000 horsepower (main turbine units) at oil transfer centers and facilities
Capabilities
Operation of oil transfer centers
Fuel supply to power plants
Installation and commissioning of various gas turbines
Installation and commissioning of high-voltage electrical substations
Maintenance and major overhauls of various gas turbines
Inspection, rehabilitation, and modernization of pipelines and their coatings
Maintenance and major overhauls of various centrifugal pumps
Construction and commissioning of oil transfer centers, pipelines, and related industrial facilities
Localization and Support for Domestic Production
Major overhauls of rotating machinery and manufacturing of spare parts (including the overhaul of more than 150 turbines) since 2006
Development of domestic capabilities for the design and manufacture of:
Gas turbines up to 4,500 horsepower
Medium-voltage electric motors up to 1,300 kW
Various electrical equipment
Variable-speed drives (VSDs)
Turbochargers
Electro-hydraulic actuators
Control valves
PLC control panels
Advancement of local technology and domestic production of a wide range of mechanical, electrical, instrumentation, control equipment, and chemical products, covering approximately 2,500 classified item categories.
