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Iranian state-owned NIOC will switch the benchmark basis of its official prices for European crude sales, a potential signal of Tehran’s intentions to return in full force to global markets. In its latest official price formula issuance for January, NIOC notes it will shift its benchmark from Ice Bwave to …

Iran wants to pump more oil than it did before the Trump administration tightened sanctions, a top official said ahead of high-level nuclear talks whose outcome would directly impact the country’s energy-market ambitions. “Plans are in place to increase oil output to more than 5 million barrels a day,” said …

Repeating unconstructive allegations against Iran, the director-general of the International Atomic Energy Agency claimed that he needed to meet with senior officials to discuss a long list of issues related to the Islamic Republic’s nuclear program. “I have not had any contact with this government that has been there for …

Iran’s envoy to Russia denies reports suggesting Moscow controls rights for drilling gas in Caspian Sea. A Tuesday statement by Khazar Exploration and Production Company (KEPCO), the Iranian firm which controls petroleum operations in the Caspian Sea, also denied the claims by Dadras, saying they were utterly baseless and constituted …

Another big decline in Iran’s stock market on Sunday has highlighted the precarious state of the economy amid uncertainty over the future of nuclear talks. The Tehran stock market index dropped by about 30,000 points, bringing it close to 1.2 million points, down from more than 1.4 million in early …

The head of the U.N.’s atomic watchdog plans to visit Iran before the end of next month amid questions about whether Iran will return to negotiations. International Atomic Energy Agency chief Rafael Grossi said Tuesday he intends to visit Tehran “soon” to discuss and hopefully resolve specific concerns about Iran’s …

Iran’s oil minister has said that his country intends to raise $145 billion in domestic and foreign investments to improve its oil industry in the next 4-8 years, underlining the importance of cooperation with Chinese companies. Javad Owji in a meeting with the head of China Petroleum and Chemical Corporation …

Iranian fuel and petrochemical exports have boomed in recent years despite stringent U.S. sanctions, leaving Iran well placed to expand sales swiftly in Asia and Europe if Washington lifts its curbs, trading sources and officials said. The United States imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil and gas industry in 2018 to …

New Oil Minister Javad Owji says the “tyrannical” U.S. sanctions have deprived Iran of 1.8 billion barrels of oil exports and more than $100 billion of revenues. Addressing the first OPEC Plus meeting in Vienna since being named to the new post, Owji also touched on the US embargo against …

New Oil Minister Javad Owji says the country would move to regain its position as an influential member of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC). Owji said on his first day of work in the Oil Ministry that Iran would seek to increase its crude exports amid a recovery …