Iran began exporting petroleum products for the first time this year after more than a century of pumping crude oil from its reserves.
He said the items were exported from Mahshahr, Bandar Abbas, Asalouyeh and Lavar ports, adding the export volumes are planned to be sustained at 0.6mbd in the coming years.
It was after the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) implementation that the project to sustain the quality of Abadan Refinery's output with an investment of $2.8b was carried out in Iran.
Furthermore, since the JCPOA implementation back in January 2016, many investors from China, Japan and South Korea arrived to Iran to renew the country's refineries.