Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh said on Monday that Iran will not seek the permission of others to return to oil market because it believes it has right to do so. He said that it is possible for Iran to revive a 2.3 million bpd of oil exports. “As a …
Read More »Iran to Boost Oil Output to over 4 mil b/d Starting March 2021
Iran is planning to produce 4.5 million b/d of crude oil and condensate in its next year that starts March 21 and export 2.3 million b/d of it if current US sanctions are lifted, state news agency IRNA reported Dec 13. Jafar Ghaderi, a member of parliament’s planning and budget …
Read More »Oil Minister: OPEC+ Decision was Wise
Iranian Minister of Oil Bijan Zanganeh said that the crude oil output cuts will decrease from previously-agreed amount of 7.7 million bpd to 7.2 million bpd in January 2021, down 500,000 bpd, adding it was a wise decision. Zangeneh made the remark after the 12th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting …
Read More »Iran Petrochemical Output to Hit 100mt/y by 2022
Iranian Minister of Oil Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the country’s petrochemical production capacity would reach 100 million tons per year by 2022, 80% more than 2013’s levels. Addressing a virtual ceremony to launch major oil and energy projects on Thursday, Zanganeh said that the country’s petrochemical revenues would reach 25 …
Read More »Trump’s Sanctions Rooted in Grudges against Iran
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 …
Read More »Era of Unilateralism Over
Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh on Monday slammed the US for imposing sanctions against him, saying that the era of unilateralism is over in the world. “Imposition of sanctions on me and my colleagues is a passive reaction to the failure of Washington’s policy of reducing [Iran’s] crude oil exports to …
Read More »Iran Boosts Oil Exports to 1.5 mbpd despite Sanctions
Oil exports from Iran hit a year and a half high in August despite heavy sanctions from the US, according to a recent estimate from TankerTracker. Iran is estimated to have exported nearly 1.5 million barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil and condensate so far in September, in what …
Read More »Iran Boosts Oil Exports Sharply in September
The latest reports on Iran’s oil exports indicate that the country has risen oil exports sharply in September in defiance of the U.S. sanctions. Data from TankerTrackers and two other firms indicated exports are rising in September, although the figures fall into a wide range of between 400,000 bpd and …
Read More »Iran to Apply Modern Technology for Recovery of Oil Fields
Iran’s Minister of Petroleum said on Monday that Iran will apply modern technology for recovery of oil and gas fields. Universities and industry need each other, said Bijan Zangeneh in the ceremony to sign 13 new agreements with universities for recovery of more oil and gas fields. Zangeneh said that …
Read More »Iran Creates 2.6 mb of Refinery Capacity by Developing Gas Supply Network since 2013
Gas extraction from the South Pars joint field with 420 million cubic meters daily increase from 280 million cubic meters in 2013 has reached the current figure of 700 mcm, adding gas production from this field has increased 2.5 times.
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