Real-time monitoring of road fuel tankers from the point of loading at the origin to unloading at the destination

  Monitoring of potential product losses and clarification of overages/shortages in oil depots

  Ensuring transparency in exports, imports, and inter-company exchanges through accurate product measurement

  Provision and enhancement of measurement systems and communication infrastructure

  Implementation of perimeter protection and pipeline leak detection systems to monitor pipelines and prevent product loss

  Management of transportation and transfer costs through the digitalization of the product transport fleet

  Prompt, detailed, and up-to-date responses to stakeholders outside the Ministry of Petroleum, such as Parliament, audit bodies, etc.

  Real-time, accurate management of the supply chain from production to distribution

  Smart allocation and distribution system for petroleum products, particularly intelligent planning and precise scheduling of major refinery maintenance

The Real-Time Monitoring and Smart Energy Management Project for the Production-to-Distribution Chain involves the design, procurement, execution, and commissioning of measurement systems for crude oil and petroleum products, as well as their real-time monitoring across the production and distribution chain. The project includes the following components:

• Equipping delivery and transfer points for crude oil and petroleum products with metering systems, including inlets/outlets of refineries, export/import/exchange terminals, inlets/outlets of oil depots (including loading arms, rail sales, and depot outbound lines), and pipeline deliveries to major consumers such as power plants, petrochemical facilities, and airports
• Completing Automatic Tank Gauging (ATG) systems in oil depots and balancing tanks of the Oil Pipeline and Telecommunication Company
• Implementing perimeter protection and pipeline leak detection systems (DAS & LDS), and completing the optical fiber network of the Oil Pipeline and Telecommunication Company
• Expanding the fuel station tank data transmission system
• Developing a tracking and monitoring system for road tanker cargoes
• Establishing a flowmeter calibration center
• Completing field data transmission infrastructure, and developing and expanding monitoring centers of the Oil Pipeline and Telecommunication Company, the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company (NIOPDC), and the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC), with backup centers if necessary

Based on the above, the project has been structured into four main projects comprising 18 work packages, as follows:

1. Basic Engineering Design Project
   Includes basic design for all executable components such as metering systems, monitoring centers, perimeter and leak detection systems, fiber optic network, and flowmeter calibration center

2. Monitoring and Digitalization Project

   • Establishment of a Geofencing system and equipping the road transport fleet with GPS trackers, weight sensors, and electronic seals
   • Expansion of the NIOPDC Monitoring Center
   • Expansion of the  Iranian Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company Monitoring Center
   • Expansion of the NIORDC Monitoring Center
   • Completion of level sensors/data transmission panels for storage tanks at fuel stations, connecting them to the NIOPDC Monitoring Center

   3. Measurement Systems for the Transfer and Distribution Chain

   Sub-projects include:

   • Completion of level gauge (LG/TG) installation on NIOPDC storage tanks
   • Completion of metering systems on loading arms at oil depots
   • Installation of precision metering systems on pipelines leading to power plants, in accordance with technical documentation
   • Upgrading crude oil metering systems at refinery inlets
   • Installation of mass metering systems at domestic exchange points of NIORDC
   • Construction of a mass flowmeter calibration center
   • Installation of level gauges (LG/TG) on balancing tanks of the Oil Pipeline and Telecommunication Company

     4. Measurement Systems for the Production and Export Chain

       Sub-projects include:

• Equipping import/export/exchange terminals with precision metering systems
• Equipping refinery inlets and outlets with accurate metering systems, as per technical specifications

     5. Pipeline Protection and Monitoring Systems Project

      Sub-projects include:

• Completion of the optical fiber network for the Iranian Oil Pipelines and Telecommunications Company
• Implementation of the DAS (Distributed Acoustic Sensing) system
• Implementation of the LDS (Leak Detection System)