Iran’s Deputy Economy Minister said on Saturday that Iran’s non-oil export was 5% in 1979 while it has reached 80 percent in the past 42 years. Speaking in a conference of exporters at the Chamber of Commerce of Kashan, central Iran, Abbas Memarnejad said that although the volume of export …
Read More »Rosneft and BP Agreed to Cooperate in Developing Low-Carbon Solutions
Russian and UK oil giants signed a strategic collaboration agreement on carbon management and sustainability activities. Rosneft and BP will also jointly evaluate new projects envisaging the use of renewables, opportunities for carbon capture, utilisation and storage, as well as developments for hydrogen. Rosneft CEO Igor Sechin said: • Joint …
Read More »India Takes Steps to Become Full Member of IEA
Preparatory to becoming a full member of the International Energy Agency (IEA), India has signed a “Framework for Strategic Partnership” with the IEA. India is currently an “Association Country” of the IEA, but it is seeking full membership of the Agency. The framework will “strengthen mutual trust and cooperation and …
Read More »Iran Investigating Case of Seized Tanker
Iran’s Minister of Oil Bijan Zangeneh said that Iran is pursuing the case of an Iranian oil tanker seized in the Indonesian waters. Iran’s Foreign Ministry spokesman Saeed Khatibzadeh said in his weekly press conference earlier today that Iran is awaiting further details about the seized oil tanker, Trend reports …
Read More »25th Iran Oil Show Opens in Tehran
The 25th Iran Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition (Iran Oil Show) opened at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Friday and will go through Monday January 25. The four-day exhibition was inaugurated by Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh in a ceremony attended by private sector industrialists, representatives of the parliament …
Read More »Biden Set to Rejoin Paris Climate Accord, Impose Curbs on U.S. Oil Industry
Incoming U.S. president Joe Biden will announce America’s return to the international Paris Agreement to fight climate change on Wednesday, the centerpiece of a raft of day-one executive orders aimed at restoring U.S. leadership in combating global warming. The announcements will also include a sweeping order to review all of …
Read More »U.S. EIA Cuts 2021 World Oil Demand Growth Forecast
The U.S. Energy Information Administration on Tuesday cut its 2021 world oil demand growth forecast by 220,000 barrels per day from its previous estimate. In its monthly forecast, U.S. Energy Information Administration says 2022 world oil demand to hit 101.08 million bpd, up 3.31 million bpd from 2021.
Read More »Iran Signs 8 more Oil Projects as Part of Plan to Boost Output by 355,000 b/d
The National Iranian Oil Co. on Jan. 11 signed eight more oil projects as part of a $6.2 billion national program started in January 2019 to boost oil production by 355,000 b/d at 33 fields. Eight projects worth $1.2 billion were signed on Jan. 11, potentially boosting oil production by …
Read More »Tehran to Host IRAN Oil Show on Jan. 22-25
The 25th edition of Iran International Oil, Gas, refining & Petrochemical Exhibition dubbed “IRAN Oil Show” will be held at Tehran Permanent International Fairgrounds on Jan. 22-25, 2021. This prestigious international exhibition will be held in Tehran given the license issued by the Ministry of Industry, Mine and Trade as …
Read More »S.Korean Officials Head to Iran over Seized Oil Tanker
A South Korean delegation on Thursday departed for Tehran to negotiate an early release of an oil tanker and its crew members seized by Iranian authorities, according to local media. The delegation led by Koh Kyung-sok, director-general of the Foreign Ministry’s Africa and Middle Eastern affairs, left early morning along …
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