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Russian Prime Minister Mikhail Mishustin has submitted to the State Duma (lower house) the candidacy of Alexander Novak who previously headed the Energy Ministry, for the post of Deputy Prime Minister. Under the new constitutional law PM has submitted several candidacies for members of the cabinet to the Duma. “[Particularly], …

Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said on Monday that the US sanctions imposed by US President Donald Trump on the Iranian oil industry officials are due to his sense of revenge and drudges against Iran. Speaking in the opening ceremony of 181 natural gas projects in Fars Province through …

Islamic Republic of Iran and Qatar are determined to enhance and broaden mutual economic relations. For this purpose, the Iranian Energy Minister and Chairman of Iran-Qatar Joint Economic Cooperation Commission Reza Ardakanian arrived in the Qatari capital Doha on Monday to discuss the relevant issues. In this meeting, made for …

The Minister of Oil, Ihssan Abdul-Jabar, confirmed on Sunday the government’s keenness to strengthen bilateral relations with Saudi Arabia in a way that serves common interests. This came on the sidelines of launching work of the Iraqi-Saudi committee in the capital, Baghdad Abdul-Jabbar said in a statement, “this meeting comes …

Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Sunday that increasing economic cooperation between the two countries is one of the important requirements for achieving sustainable development and regional security. The Iranian energy minister made the remarks during a meeting with the Special Representative of the UN Secretary-General for Afghanistan Deborah …

The International Energy Agency task force has issued a new report, revealing that residential solar PV with battery storage has the potential to reduce emissions up to ten times compared to coal generated electricity. Australia is participating in a research program with the International Energy Agency to assess the lifecycle …

The 8th Refinery of Iran’s South Pars gas field produced over 10 billion cubic meters (bcm) of gas in the first seven months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 20-October 21), the refinery’s operator announced. Referring to the recording of the best performance in production and safety among all …

China’s capital city Beijing has expanded use of natural gas to account for 32 percent of its energy mix, becoming the second largest natural gas-consuming city in the world, PetroChina Beijing Gas Pipeline Co told reporters. This is the highest level of natural gas used in a Chinese city, in …

This was supposed to be a time when things were getting closer to normal for OPEC. A recovery in oil demand after the first wave of the pandemic, coupled with a deep slump in U.S. production, was meant to leave the world needing more of its members’ crude. But it …

The International Energy Agency recently said solar farms were among the cheapest sources of electricity. It called solar “the new king of electricity”. But there has always been one aspect of solar that, unlike costs, cannot really change: land need. Solar farms need a lot of land and critics have …