Iranian Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibazdeh has responded to allegations by U.S. and UK top diplomats against Iran about last week’s attack on an Israeli oil tanker off the coast of Oman. In a statement on Monday, Khatibzadeh said the statements issued by U.S. and UK top diplomats contain “contradictory” …
Read More »NISOC’s Oil Desalination Plant in Southern Iran to Go Operational by Mar. 2022
The director of engineering and construction at the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) announced that the company’s crude oil desalination plant has reached progress of more than 90 percent and is expected to go operational in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2022). According to Ebrahim …
Read More »IRENA and the European Space Agency Agree to Advance Energy Transition in Space Activities
The International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and the European Space Agency (ESA) signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) today to advance the global energy transition through space-based services and products. The new partnership was signed by the two Director-Generals Francesco La Camera and Josef Aschbacher in pursuit of the common …
Read More »OPEC+ Technical Committee to Meet August-End
OPEC+ joint technical committee, which advises the group’s oil ministers, plans to hold its next meeting on Aug. 31, Reuters reported, citing two sources. A ministerial meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (OPEC+) will be held the next day, to evaluate the current supply …
Read More »Hot Start to Olympics Raises Health Concerns
The 2020 Summer Olympics kicked off in Tokyo on Friday and there are already signs the toughest part of the competition may just be the extreme heat and humidity in what is expected to be the hottest Olympics on record. Temperatures in Tokyo this time of year are usually in …
Read More »U.S. Rig Count Climbs as Oil Prices Recoup Losses
The number of oil and gas rigs in the United States is up 7 this week, according to Baker Hughes, which pegged the total rig count at 491, up 240 from the same time last year. The U.S. oil rig count rose by 7 this week to 387. The number …
Read More »OPEC+ Plans New Meeting on Sunday
OPEC and its allies, a group known as OPEC+, plan to hold their next meeting on Sunday to decide on their output policy, two OPEC+ sources told Reuters.
Read More »US Waives Sanctions on Iran’s Access to Frozen Assets
The US State Department announced that it would waive sanctions on Iran’s access to frozen assets in South Korea and Japan. The State Department informed Congress late Tuesday that it would waive sanctions on Iran’s oil trade so that the country can access frozen funds from South Korea and Japan, …
Read More »China to Launch Carbon Trading for Electricity Sector in July
China will launch a nationwide carbon emissions trading scheme for the electricity sector in July, the cabinet said on Wednesday. The launch of the scheme aims to control and reduce greenhouse gas emissions viA THE market scheme, according to a meeting chaired by Premier Li Keqiang.
Read More »Iran’s Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant to Resume Operations
The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in the Bushehr Province (southern Iran) will resume operations today on July 3, the Spokesman for the Ministry of Energy of Iran Mostafa Rajabi Mashhadi told IRNA, Trend reports. The spokesman stressed that like other power plants, the Bushehr NPP needs to be repaired after …
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