The Iranian president says Iran is building a major pipeline to transferring oil from west of the Persian Gulf to its east, cutting dependence on Hormuz Strait for oil exports. President Hassan Rouhani on Tuesday described the pipeline project as a major and significant national program. “We are doing a …
Read More »OPEC+ Laggards Fall in Line with Push for Compensatory Oil Cuts
OPEC+ nations that had been pumping more oil than their quotas allow for are starting to fall in line and provide details to other members of the cartel on how they’ll make extra reductions to compensate. Nigeria, Angola, Gabon and Brunei have submitted plans to the OPEC secretariat in Vienna …
Read More »Russian Energy Ministry Expects Average Oil Price of $35/b in 2020
The Russian energy ministry expects the average Urals price to be $35/b in 2020, minister Alexander Novak said in an interview with German daily Handelsblatt published June 20. Russia’s 2020 budget is based on an oil price of $42/b, officials said previously. Novak said he currently only expects oil services …
Read More »Oil Minister Discusses Broadening of Ties with Iraqi Counterpart
Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh in a phone call with his Iraqi counterpart Ihsan Abdul Jabbar called for more cooperation between the two brotherly and friendly neighbors. Zangeneh congratulated Abdul Jabbar on his designation as the new Iraqi oil minister in Mustafa al-Kadhimi’s administration. During the phone call, both …
Read More »Qatar Optimist about Expansion of Joint LNG Field with Iran
Saad al-Kaabi, Qatari energy minister and chief executive of Qatar Petroleum, announced that his country intends to expand the world’s largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) project, i.e. its North Field (known in Iran as South Pars) gas field, and expects investment opportunities overseas, despite a slump in global energy demand …
Read More »Armenian Ambassador Asks for Revival of Strong Trade Ties with Iran
Armenian Ambassador to Tehran Artashes Toumanian in a meeting with Head of Trade Promotion Organization of Iran (TPOI) Hamid Zadboom underlined the necessity for the revival of trade relations between the two countries which were affected by the coronavirus outbreak.
Read More »Iran to Experience 7% Inflation Decline in Ten Months
Iran’s economy will experience an inflation decline by approximately 7% in late March next year, according to an analytical report.
Read More »U.S. Sanctions on Venezuela Broken by Arrival of Iran’s Oil Tanker
Abdel Bari Atwan, the editor-in-chief of the Rai al-Youm website, has told Al Mayadeen TV channel that the U.S. President Donald Trump has suffered defeats as Washington’s sanctions on Venezuela have been broken by arrival of Iran’s oil tanker. President Hassan Rouhani’s warning about Tehran’s firm response in case of …
Read More »Iran’s Second Oil Tanker Arrives in Venezuela
Iran’s second oil tanker, Forest, arrived in Venezuela amid the US threats. Forest entered the Exclusive Economic Zone (EEZ) of Venezuela early Sunday, met by the country’s navy. It follows the first of five Iranian vessels carrying an estimated total of 1.53 barrels of gasoline between them. The first vessel, …
Read More »Tehran, Ankara Stress Reopening of Borders to Resume Trade
Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Turkish counterpart Recep Tayyip Erdoğan urged the reopening of joints borders through observing of health protocols as both neighbors are keen to resume trade exchanges.
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