Mazandaran Organization of Industry, Mine and Trade director general said Iran and Kazakhstan plan to build a joint venture oil refinery in Amirabad Port, IRNA reported.
Mohammad Pour-Omran made the remarks in a meeting between Kazakhstan and Mazandaran delegations in Sari Chamber of Commerce.
Pour-Omran said added the permission for construction works has been issued by responsible bodies in Amirabad Port.
The refinery is to refine Kazakhstan oil and then export to other countries, according to the official.
He said oil swap is another proposal for bilateral cooperation.
Pour-Omran, who is also the secretary of Mazandaran Export Council, said that north oil terminal in Neka is ready for doing the swap with Central Asian countries, Russia and Kazakhstan.
He told Kazakhstan officials to do oil swap with Iran and said that the Islamic Republic of Iran is ready to purchase crude oil from Kazakhstan to develop cooperation between Mazandaran Province and Kazakhstan.
Trade stood at around one billion dollars last year from which 900 million dollars were imports from Kazakhstan and 100 million dollars exports to Kazakhstan.
