Energy

By the end of the current fiscal year (March 2020) 20 power plants will come online soon, the Energy Minister said. With total capacity of 3,000 megawatts, the plants are under construction in…

Chinese investments in the oil and gas industry of Nigeria have reached $16 billion, according to a senior official at the Nigerian National Petroleum Corporation, but the industry needs even…

Afghan minister of water and energy has invited private companies in Iran’s power sector to help his war-ravaged country rebuild its electricity infrastructure. 

The Energy Ministry has 1360 water, power and wastewater projects in South Khorasan Province that have registered average progress of 40%, the energy minister said Thursday. In his trip to the…

Private sector in Iran cannot make miracles happen in international oil business under the sanctions regime as it was never trained for a large and unknown market.

Buildings account for a significant share of energy waste (almost 50%) in Iran including households, commercial sectors, private companies and state organizations.  Close to 2.4% of the…

Oman’s first wind farm, the 50-MW Dhofar Wind Farm, has produced its first kilowatt hour of electricity, marking a major milestone for the (Persian) Gulf Cooperation Council region’s first…

Governments need to do more to invest in clean water, the chief executive of a non-profit organization urged, with unsafe drinking water posing a risk to populations. More investment will also…

In line with plans to boost gas output from South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf, the third offshore deck of SP Phase 23 was shipped Wednesday to its designated location, the deputy in…

The number of rural areas linked to the national power grid has increased by 13 fold or 1.200% over the past four decades, the manager in charge of rural electricity expansion at the Power…

So long as gas station attendants' cards are usable, the plan to reintroduce fuel cards cannot be implemented efficiently and transparently, a board member of Al-Zahra University in Tehran said…

An Oregon State University study, published in the journal Scientific Reports, has found that if less than 1% of agricultural land was converted to solar panels, it would be sufficient to…

Increasing crude recovery rate by 1% is equivalent to adding seven billion barrels to production, says the head of the department overseeing performance of reservoirs in the National Iranian Oil…

The second electric submersible pump installed in a well in the North Yaran Oilfield in southern Khuzestan Province has reached a stable level, head of the field development project said. “At a…

Close to 60% of steel pipes to wrap up the construction of a 1,100km 42-inch diameter pipeline to transfer oil to the southeastern port of Jask in Hormozgan Province will be manufactured…

India’s imports of crude oil have stalled in recent months, but the malaise in the country’s energy sector is deeper, with both coal and liquefied natural gas (LNG) also soft.  India, Asia…

Shimibaft Petrochemical Plant in the southern city of Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, has increased output and reported 7% growth in the first quarter of the current calendar year (began March)…

After a 2-day delay, the first phase of using fuel cards at the filling stations commenced on Tuesday (August 13) in four mega cities, namely Tehran, Karaj, Isfahan and Tabriz.  Fatemeh…

The fifth solar power plant in Isfahan Province, with 1 megawatt capacity has been connected to the national power grid. Located in Shahreza County, the new photovoltaic station is built by a…

Oil prices fell on Monday amid worries about an economic slowdown and the US-China trade war, which have led to a cut in the outlook for global oil demand.  International benchmark Brent…

Oil, gas and petrochemical projects, valued at more than $859 billion, are either underway or planned in the Middle East and North Africa, MENA, of which $283 billion are being implemented, as…

Natural gas production capacity has reached 810 million cubic meters per day, director of dispatching at the National Iranian Gas Company said. “This volume, which equals 5 million barrels of…

The National Iranian South Oil Company has signed contracts with Maroun Petrochemical Company in Mahshahr and Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company (PGPIC) to capture flare gas from…

Solar power production in central Yazd Province will reach 100 megawatts by the end of this fiscal year in March, managing director of Yazd Regional Electricity Company said.

Two Turkish drill ships are continuing operations in the eastern Mediterranean and another ship will join them this month, Energy Minister Fatih Donmez said, as a dispute over natural resources…