Energy Policy

Under the sponsorship of the Iraqi Prime Minister Mustafa Al-Kadhimi, the agreement for optimal investment projects for associated gas and developing oil fields between the Iraqi Oil Ministry and the French Total was signed today. The agreement includes, according to a statement by Al-Kadhimi’s office, “three contracts between the Iraqi …

OPEC+ will likely stick to their policy of increasing oil production by 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) per month, Reuters reported, citing four sources. OPEC+ experts revised the 2022 oil demand growth forecast to 4.2 million bpd, according to two sources. OPEC and its allies will meet today, Sept. 1, …

Iran’s Foreign Minister Hossein Amir Abdollahian says Tehran will not run from the negotiating table over its nuclear program, but this administration believes talks will be real only if they produce tangible results. Amir Abdollahian dismissed the US recent threats against Iran over the nuclear negotiations, and said, “They’re like …

The head of Atomic Energy Organization of Iran (AEOI) said that the country’s advancement in quantum technology in the last five years is valuable and praiseworthy and suggests a bright future in this area. In a meeting on Saturday attended by AEOI chief Ali-Akbar Salehi and head of Nuclear Science …

The Nord Stream 2 gas pipeline is not exempt from European Union competition rules, a German court has ruled. The operating company of the Baltic Sea pipeline failed in its bid to be excluded from certain EU regulations and must now unbundle its business. The regional court decision is a …

Asia remains a leading energy demand centre and will increasingly drive global energy trends. Energy demand in Southeast Asia has grown by 80% since 2000, at a rate far exceeding the global average. This rapid expansion has maintained pace during the pandemic and is poised to accelerate in 2021, according …

Europe wants to achieve climatic neutrality in 25 years and will need much less gas than today, German Chancellor Angela Merkel said on Sunday after talks with Ukrainian President Vladimir Zelensky. “Europe will need to achieve climatic neutrality step by step by 2050,” she said. “It means that in 25 …

President Ebrahim Raisi said on Sunday that there should be mechanisms to expand and facilitate non-oil exports and bring back proceeds to the domestic economy. Speaking during a session of Economic Coordination Headquarters, Raisi pointed to currency obligations arising from exports, saying that barriers against fulfilling these obligations should be …

Iran produced 2.485 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil in July, registering a 28 percent increase compared to the same month in 2020, according to OPEC’s latest monthly report published on August 12. Based on secondary sources, Iran had produced 1.936 million bpd of crude oil in July …

Javad Owji, who is President Raisi’s suggested candidate for the Oil Ministry, has released a comprehensive program for the development of the country’s oil and gas industry during his tenure, Shana reported. The published plan is comprised of five separate sections including an introduction, some documents related to the oil …