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An Iranian tanker will soon return to the country with its oil shipment, months after it was detained off the Greek coast as part of a US crackdown on Iranian crude exports. The cargo of oil confiscated from the Lana is currently being transferred back to the vessel, Iran’s embassy …

Kuwait’s Haitham Al-Ghais will start on Monday his new role as Secretary-General of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), following the late outgoing chief, the Nigerian Mohammad Barkindo. Speaking to KUNA on Sunday, Al-Ghais thanked His Highness the Amir Sheikh Nawaf Al-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, His Highness the Crown Prince …

The Atlantic Council has disclosed that Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, secretary general for the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), will join the Atlantic Council as a distinguished fellow in the Global Energy Center after the conclusion of his term at OPEC on July 31. Barkindo’s fellowship at the council …

Simultaneously with the presence of Iranian Foreign Minister Hossein Amir-Abdollahian in Syria, media sources reported the arrival of a new oil tanker of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the port of “Banias” in northern Syria. The fuel oil that reached Banias port is the result of the activation of …

Iraqi ministry of electricity announced that the country’s debts for energy imports from Iran have been paid off and Baghdad is now consulting to increase gas imports from Iran. The spokesperson for the Iraqi ministry of electricity told media sources that Iraq imports 40 million cubic meters of Iranian gas …

Russia reduced natural gas to Europe again on Friday, including cutting flows by half to Italy and Slovakia and completely to France, as countries have worked to ease their dependence on Russian supplies amid the war in Ukraine. It marks the third day of significant reductions to the fuel that …

Iranian flag oil tanker carrying about one million barrels of crude oil entered Venezuelan waters, Reuters reported. The Reuters news agency reported based on a shipping document on Monday that the third oil cargo from Naftiran Intertrade Company limited (NICO) is being delivered to Petróleos de Venezuela, S.A. (PDVSA), a …

Iran has delivered an Iranian-made ‘Aframax’ oil tanker to Venezuela, which has been built at the order of Venezuela, Trend reports citing the government’s official website (dolat.ir). In this regard, an event was held in Tehran with the participation of Iranian President Ebrahim Raisi and Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro. An …

Iran and the Republic of Azerbaijan have signed a deal to double the amount of Turkmenistan’s gas that is transferred to Azerbaijan through the Islamic Republic’s territory under a swap deal. The deal to increase the gas transfer through Iran to Azerbaijan was signed during a visit by the Iranian …

Chinese oil company Sinopec Overseas Oil and Gas Limited (SOOGL) and Algeria’s oil giant Sonatrach signed here on Saturday a 490-million-U.S. dollars contract on oil and gas exploration in Algeria’s Zarzaitine field, some 1,500 km southeast of Algiers. According to a joint press release by the two companies, SOOGL and …