NIORDC
National Iranian Oil Product
Distribution Company
N.I.O.P.D.C
24 Nov 2011
Iran Smart Fuel System
Iran Fuel Card Project (IFCP)
 The Gasoline is Provided & Distributed by the
government:
• Production
• Import
 The price of Gasoline
 Impact on National Economy
 Social Justice
 Smuggling
 Very Huge Consumption Increase Rate
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Increasing the number of cars
Very low price
Using old cars
Uncontrollable Consumption
Uncontrollable Distribution
Smuggling
 Cutting the Government Support (Releasing the Price)
 Replacing Gasoline with Gas
 Using a Technology that can:
• Managing and controlling the Consumption
• Managing and controlling the Distribution
 The main constraint was: TIME!
The First Nationwide Smart Card Project in
the World
Various Stakeholders
Minimum Social & Economical Impacts
Acceptability
Lack of Infrastructures & Databases
Security & Privacy
Expandability, …
 Preparing fuel consumption database
 Monitoring, managing and control of the fuel
consumption
 Preventing fuel smuggling out of Iran
 Proper distribution of subsidies to people in need
 Monitoring and control of gas station operations
Facilitating Payment
 Providing a unique security and control in the
country
System Requirements Analysis
System Design
Procurement & Sub Contracting
Construction & Testing
Piloting
Card Personalization & Distribution
System Integration
Implementation
 One smart card for each vehicle (car, motorbike, truck).
 Dynamic monitoring and control of the fuel consumption.
 Multi layer quota and pricing model.
 Centralized management of the quota and pricing model.
Offline link between gas station and data center.
 Payment through PSP (Payment Service Provider).
 Online network of Customer Support Centers
Centralized card issuing and management.
Customer Support
Software
Security
Data Center
Network Infrastructure
Gas Station LAN
POS / Terminal
Smart Card
Planning
Data Collection & Police
Training & Awareness Raising
Fuel Smart Card System
Banks &
Banking Network
Police Department
Data Center
Card Management Center
Customer Support Centers
1402
2814
Gas Stations
226Oil Zones
37 Areas
Data Center
Data from Pullers to Gas Stations
Data from Gas Stations to Pullers
Data from Pullers to Data Center
Data from Data Center to Pullers
Pullers
Oil
Zones
Oil
Storages
Customer
Support
Centers
Management
(Data Center)
Vehicle
Providers
Police
Mailing System
Card Production
Center
Customer Care
Offices
Customers
(Card Holders)
 More than 20,000,000 cards were
distributed!
 27,000 POSs were installed
 A very high performance data center
was established
 A robust communication link
between all Gas Stations and Data
Center is established
 The project takes about 2 years
 The whole project budget was about
100 million dollars
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Manageability of fuel distribution and consumption
25% Fuel Consumption Decrease
Direct ROI : 15 Days!
Changing the Public Consumption Model
Air pollution reduction
Improving Public Transportation
Experiencing a very huge and complex Smart Card
project
 Top level managers rely on IT for big project
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Anual Fuel Consumption In Last 20 Years
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Anual Fuel Import in Last 20 Years
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Expectancy of last 2
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25 million liter of Import reduction Per day
More than
13 B USD Saving
Managing large scale smart card projects
Paying high attention for training
Plan for change management
Keep the users much informed
Technology Independent Design
Divide and conquer is the best methodology
for solving big problem
• There is a big trend to the Smart Card Technology in IRAN
• IRAN Fuel Card Project can be a good example for similar
projects
• Smart Card Projects can solve many economic and Controlling
problems :
 Tracing
 Smuggling control
 Tax and ……
We are open to share our experience for all companies, which are
willing to run such projects