Energy Economy

OPEC leader Saudi Arabia dismissed calls for speedier oil output increases on Thursday, saying its efforts with allies were enough and protecting the oil market from the wild price swings seen in natural gas and coal markets. “What we see in the oil market today is an incremental (price) increase …

A global transition to “clean energy” is still far too slow to meet climate pledges and risks fueling even greater price volatility, the International Energy Agency (IEA) said yesterday. “We are not investing enough to meet future energy needs and the uncertainties are setting the stage for a volatile period …

Generation of electricity at the 1st phase of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in southern Iran has hit 50 billion kWh, head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) announced on Sunday. Based on the preliminary studies, Iran can obtain 8,000 MW of from the nuclear power, Mohammad Eslami said according …

Secretary-General of Iran-Iraq Joint Chamber of Commerce said that Iran’s export of non-oil goods to Iraq in first six months of the current year hit 28 percent growth as compared to the same period of last year. Jahanbakhsh Sanjabi Shirazi broke the news on Friday and reiterated that Iran’s export …

Sri Lankan Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila emphasized developing bilateral cooperation with Iran. Speaking in a meeting with CEO of Tehran Oil Refining Company Hamed Armanfar, Gammanpila referred to Tehran-Colombo common interests, expressed satisfaction over bilateral cooperation, and stressed the importance of maintaining technical, engineering, and economic interactions in oil and …

Iran’s oil minister has said that his country intends to raise $145 billion in domestic and foreign investments to improve its oil industry in the next 4-8 years, underlining the importance of cooperation with Chinese companies. Javad Owji in a meeting with the head of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation …

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji has said his ministry is making necessary arrangements and planning for attracting $125 billion of foreign and domestic investment in the country’s oil industry within the next four to eight years, Shana reported. Making the remarks in a meeting with the Head of China Petrochemical …

Spokesman for Islamic Republic of Iran Custom Administration (IRICA) said that $5 billion worth of non-oil goods was exchanged between Iran and Economic Cooperation Organization (ECO) member states from Mar. 21 to Aug. 21. About eight million tons of non-oil goods, valued at $5 billion, were exchanged between the Islamic …

The discussion of Iran’s nuclear program at the upcoming session of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) should not have a negative impact on the prospects of the Vienna talks on the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA). This opinion was expressed by Russian Permanent …

New Oil Minister Javad Owji says the “tyrannical” U.S. sanctions have deprived Iran of 1.8 billion barrels of oil exports and more than $100 billion of revenues. Addressing the first OPEC Plus meeting in Vienna since being named to the new post, Owji also touched on the US embargo against …