Iran Focus

Tehran, Iran, May 25 - Iran has launched a new gas refinery in Khuzestan Province, south-west Iran.

Iranian Oil Minister Gholam-Hossein Nozari officially inaugurated the gas refinery, the state-run news agency Fars reported on Sunday.

Nouroddin Razaqi, the plant's managing director, said the refinery cost close to $27 million and could provide a daily natural gas output of 1 million cubic meters, which could be increased by 40 percent.

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