Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Oji says the Islamic Republic has a good capacity to produce oil and gas and their commodities and is thus capable of partly relieving the energy shortage in the world. Oji said energy prices are out of control in the world and big petrochemical companies in …
Read More »Hormozgan to Turn into Refining Hub of Iran
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji said numerous projects have been defined in the southern province of Hormozgan to turn it into a refining hub within years. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a virtual ceremony to launch a major gas project in Kish Island on Monday, Owji said that …
Read More »Iran’s Oil Production Capacity to Reach 4.038m bpd
National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) is planning to boost the country’s oil production to 4.038 million barrels per day (bpd) in the current Iranian calendar year (ends on March 20, 2023), Shana reported on Monday, quoting an official with the company as saying. According to Hormoz Qalavand, NIOC’s director of …
Read More »Iran Sends Technical Team to Help in Cuba Oil Tank Fire
In line with the goals of activating energy diplomacy by the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum, after a massive fire occurred in oil facilities in Cuba by lightning, a group of Iranian experts was sent to help the country. After lightning struck a large crude oil storage facility in the city …
Read More »Iran’s Non-Oil Export to Neighbors Grows 22% in 4 Months on Year
The value of Iran’s non-oil export to its neighboring countries increased 22 percent in the first four months of the current Iranian calendar year (March 21-July 22), as compared to the same period of time in the past year, the spokesman of the Islamic Republic of Iran Customs Administration (IRICA) …
Read More »Iran Completes Pipe-Laying for Major Offshore Gas Project
Iranian authorities announced that domestic contractors have finished pipe laying operation for a major natural gas project in the Persian Gulf despite the US sanctions. About 15 kilometers of pipe laying, including for a 32-inch undersea sour gas pipeline, had been completed in the project. The project was a major …
Read More »Iraq seeking to Increase Import of Gas from Iran
Spokesman for Iraq’s Ministry of Electricity said that the country was negotiating for more electricity to be imported from Iran. Ahmed al-Ebadi said in an interview with the Iraqi news outlet Middle East News on Saturday that Baghdad was negotiating with Iran to import more electricity. Al-Ebadi said that the …
Read More »Iranian Tanker Reloads Oil Confiscated in Greece, Embassy Says
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 …
Read More »Iran’s Non-Oil Foreign Trade Touches $9bn Mark
Iran’s non-petroleum foreign trade rose 19% in the month ending July 22, 2022, standing at nearly $9 billion, says an Iranian official. A spokesman for Iran’s Customs Office also said the country exported well over 7 million tonnes of non-oil goods worth more than $4 billion over the one-month period, …
Read More »Iraq Says in Talks with Iran to Increase Natural Gas Imports
The Iraqi Ministry of Electricity says it is in talks with Iran for securing a rise in imports of natural gas from its eastern neighbor as Baghdad works to inaugurate new power plants fueled by natural gas. Ahmad al-Ebadi, a spokesman for the ministry, said the volume of gas imports …
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