Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji says Iran and Japan should work to expand their economic cooperation regardless of the sanctions in place against the Islamic Republic, adding Tehran can play a major role in fulfilling the East Asian state’s energy needs. Paying an official visit to Tokyo, Owji held a …
Read More »Venezuela Receives Third Iran-Made Oil Tanker
Venezuela’s President Nicolas Maduro says the country has received an advanced oil tanker from Iran as part of a contract between Tehran and Caracas based on which the Islamic Republic has so far delivered three advanced vessels to the South American country. “We have just received a ship with the …
Read More »Iran Ready to Help Maintain Global Energy Security
Iranian Oil Minister Javad Oji has stressed that the global energy market needs an increase in the supply of Iranian oil, saying: “As a major producer of oil and petroleum products, we are always ready to play our role in maintaining global energy security away from politics.” Speaking after an …
Read More »Iran Ready to Increase Oil Exports with Sanctions Removed
Tehran is ready to increase its oil exports immediately after the sanctions are removed, Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji said on Friday, noting that in the first year of the 13th Iranian Government, over $100 billion of oil and gas agreements have been signed. Owji said on Friday on …
Read More »Iranian Oil Minister Says Tehran Ready to Meet Europe’s Energy Needs in Winter
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’s Gas Export Income in 4 Months Equals that of Entire Previous Year
Iran has earned as much money from the export of gas in the past four months as it had received during the whole last year, the oil minister said. Speaking to reporters on the sidelines of a cabinet meeting on Wednesday, Oil Minister Javad Owji said the income generated by …
Read More »Latin American States Offer Refineries Shares to Iran
Iran will own shares in 3 oil refineries in Venezuela and Nicaragua in return for supplying crude and equipment. Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji signed major energy deals with authorities in Venezuela and Nicaragua during his recent visits to the two countries. The agreements signed with Venezuelan energy authorities stipulate …
Read More »Iran Oil Minister Travels to Venezuela for Energy Deals
Iran oil minister Javad Owji is making a rare trip to Venezuela that includes visiting oil facilities and signing energy deals between the two U.S.-sanctioned nations, said people with knowledge of the situation, Trend reports citing Bloomberg. Owji and more than a dozen delegates arrived in Caracas on Saturday, according …
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