Tabriz Oil Refining Company
Tabriz Oil Refining Company is a listed Iranian refinery in Tabriz, East Azerbaijan Province, operating under ticker شبریز. With 110,000 barrels per day of refining capacity as of 2023, it produces transport fuels, industrial petroleum products, lubricants, bitumen and petrochemical feedstocks. The refinery supports fuel supply across northwest Iran and supplies feedstock to Tabriz Petrochemical Company.
Market position
With refining capacity of 110,000 barrels per day, the refinery accounts for approximately 7% of Iran’s crude-oil refining capacity (2023). It is a core supplier of liquid fuels to northwest Iran.
Operations & footprint
Products and services
Tabriz Oil Refining Company refines crude oil into petroleum products serving transport fuel, industrial energy users, regional distribution, and selected downstream petroleum-materials demand. Its location links refining activity with Tabriz’s manufacturing base, northwest Iran’s fuel market, border-facing logistics, and supply routes toward East Azerbaijan and neighboring provinces.
Operations and assets
The refinery occupies a 150-hectare site southwest of Tabriz and comprises 14 refining units and 10 off-site service facilities. Capacity was 110,000 barrels per day and total production capacity exceeded 5 million tonnes per year as of 2023. Crude is supplied from Ahwaz Asmari, Ahwaz and Marun fields through the 16-inch Rey Installations pipeline.
Geographic footprint
Based in Tabriz, the refinery supplies part of the liquid-fuel demand of East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan provinces.
Ownership & group structure
Ownership
Parsian Oil and Gas Development Group holds 49% of the company’s shares (2023).
Commercial and investment relevance
In the Hormuz investment graph, Tabriz Oil Refining Company connects crude refining, northwest fuel distribution, manufacturing demand, road and border-linked logistics, and public-market energy exposure. It is useful for assessing regional refinery resilience, transport-gap sensitivity, industrial fuel access, and the energy layer behind northwest Iran’s trade and manufacturing economy. Foreign-facing analysis should verify current product mix, regional distribution arrangements, disclosure quality, environmental obligations, compliance exposure, and any export or cross-border product flows before use. For fuel buyers and distributors, the refinery is a regional source of gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, LPG, bitumen and industrial petroleum products. For downstream counterparties, its supply relationship with Tabriz Petrochemical Company makes naphtha- and hydrocarbon-feedstock availability commercially relevant.
Constraints, risk & compliance
Key risks and constraints
Operations depend on crude transported from southwest Iranian oil fields through the Rey Installations pipeline. Refinery availability, feedstock continuity and distribution performance therefore depend on the integrity and availability of this long-distance supply chain.
Sanctions and compliance considerations
Iran’s oil-refining sector is subject to international sanctions and trade restrictions. Counterparties require transaction-specific screening of the company, shareholders, products, logistics providers, financial channels and applicable jurisdictions.
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What does Tabriz Oil Refining Company produce?
Its product range includes LPG, gasoline, diesel, kerosene, aviation turbine fuel, fuel oil, naphtha, benzene, sulfur, base oils, lubricants, solvents, bitumen and petrochemical feedstocks.
What is Tabriz Oil Refining Company’s refining capacity?
The refinery had stated refining capacity of 110,000 barrels per day as of 2023, with total production capacity exceeding 5 million tonnes per year.
Which areas does Tabriz Oil Refining Company supply?
The refinery supplies part of the liquid-fuel requirements of East Azerbaijan, West Azerbaijan, Zanjan and Kurdistan provinces.
Who owns Tabriz Oil Refining Company?
Parsian Oil and Gas Development Group held 49% of the company’s shares as of 2023.