The plan to use bank debit cards as fuel cards could have prevented the issuance of at least 10 million smart fuel cards and saved a lot of money. It remains unclear why its implementation was…
Energy
Approximately $454 million is added to the Energy Ministry's debt to the private sector every year, the Energy Ministry’s spokesman for the power department said. "Although the ministry paid $1…
Norway’s Equinor and Russia’s Gazprom, Europe’s largest suppliers of pipeline gas, have lost market share as a result of the LNG import surge that has occurred over the past 10 months.
A new small-scale power plant with distributed generation system joined the national grid in Anzali Free Zone, Gilan Province, the managing director of Gilan Regional Electric Company said.
Brent crude oil futures rose above $60 a barrel on Wednesday after industry data showed a larger-than-expected drop in US crude inventories, but lingering worries about a possible global…
To reduce gas flaring in Khuzestan Province to zero the construction of a plant to collect 1.5 million cubic meters of associated petroleum gas, or APG, per annum is completed, managing director…
While many road construction projects are on hold waiting for free asphalt (bitumen) from the government, a great deal of tar produced inside the country is exported, the people’s representative…
Despite the fact that electricity demand jumped up over the last two months, the Energy Ministry exported 2.5 million kilowatt hours of power between May 22 and August 11. Energy Minister Reza…
Despite claims from politicians that Australia’s contribution to global carbon emissions is not that big, the country ranks third in the world in terms of fossil fuel exports by carbon dioxide…
Rapidly declining water resources has impelled the government to increase the number of plains from which water withdrawal is banned from 15 in 1968 to 405 now -- up 2,600%.
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…
