President Hassan Rouhani said on Saturday that Iran’s next year budget bill aims to fully stop the country’s direct reliance on oil revenues. The president made the remarks speaking during the 181st session of the government’s Economic Coordination Headquarters. Rouhani said that the main goals of the country’s next year …
Read More »Iranian Firms to Build Dam, Water Transmission Lines in Syria
Under a Memorandum of Understanding inked between Iran and Syria, Iranian companies will construct dam and water transmission lines in Syria. Iranian Deputy Ministry of Energy for Water and Wastewater Affairs and Syria’s Deputy Ministry of Water Resources emphasized the need for implementing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Iran …
Read More »Iran has Exported 700,000 bpd of Oil since March
Iran’s average oil exports have been 700,000 barrels per day since March, the country’s deputy head of Budget and Planning organisation said on Wednesday, in defiance of U.S. sanctions aimed at dropping Tehran’s main source of income to zero. “The average oil sales so far this (Iranian) year have been …
Read More »Iran, Qatar Ministers Review Cooperation on Electricity
Iranian Minister of Energy Reza Ardakanian and Qatari Minister of State for energy affairs reviewed ways to advance the agenda of cooperation on electricity sector. The two ministers underlined to develop and continue with cooperation on The Regional Centre on Urban Water Management (RCUWM-Tehran) under the auspices of UNESCO. Both …
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 »Iran-Qatar Poised to Strengthening Bilateral Economic Ties
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 …
Read More »Iran – Afghanistan Economic Cooperation A Requirement for Regional Security
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 …
Read More »SP 8th Refinery Produces 10bcm of Gas in 7 Months
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 …
Read More »Iran Begins Drilling on Phase 11 of South Pars Field
The drilling operation on Phase 11 of South Pars Gas Field in southern Iran began on Saturday, an official reported. Mohsen Rezaei, the caretaker of the development project of Phase 11 of South Pars Field, said that the project aims to excavate about one billion cubic feet of gas from …
Read More »Iran Sends 8th Non-Oil Cargo to Oman via Sirik
Iran has shipped the second non-oil cargo to Oman via Sirik Port in southern Hormozgan province, Governor of Sirik County said on Wednesday. According to Ahmad Jamaleddini, the 610-ton consignment contains fresh fruits and vegetables, dried nuts and construction material with a collective value of 150 billion rials (Over $530 …
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