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  • China’s Stockpiling Slowdown Could Cripple Oil Demand
    Apart from the slowdown in global oil demand resulting from slowing economies and the US-China trade war, another threat to oil demand may be lurking for oil markets over the next few months—China...
  • Middle East Tensions Lift Oil More Than 1%
    Oil prices gained more than 1% to hit their highest levels in two sessions at the start of Monday’s trade as Middle East tensions remained elevated, supporting prices.  
  • Agro-Wells a Priority in Smart Meter Program
    The second phase of the National Smart Metering Program (known as Faham in Persian) is underway as planned and five million energy-intensive agricultural, housing and commercial units are due to...
  • Desalinating Seawater Crucial for Arid Regions
    In less than two decades water demand in drought-stricken provinces, especially Sistan-Baluchestan, will surpass 220 million cubic meters, and this is while less than 60 mcm of water will be...
  • Natural Gas Playing Ever Increasing Role in Iran Petrochemical Industries
    Petrochemical plants in Iran annually use 33 million tons of feedstock from oil and gas refineries and NGL units, and with rise in the number of factories, feedstock will rise to 62 million tons by...
  • Aramco Buying Large Volumes of Gasoline From European Firms
    Gasoline exports from Europe to the Middle East and Asia are set to surge this week after recent attacks on Saudi Arabia’s oil facilities crippled output at the kingdom’s refineries.   
  • Dams to Help Store Surface Runoff in Bushehr
    Twelve small and large dams are in different stages of construction in southern Bushehr Province with a total investment of $174 million, the caretaker of Bushehr Regional Water Company said. The...
  • Saudis Postpone Japan's Oil Shipment
    Saudi state oil firm Aramco has told Japanese refiner JXTG Nippon Oil & Energy about a possible change in shipment, raising concern about the kingdom’s ability to supply crude oil a week after...
  • Steep Rise in Diesel Consumption in Iran
    Diesel consumption since the beginning of the current fiscal year in March has jumped to astonishing levels compared to last year, director of the CNG office of the National Iranian Oil Refining...
  • China Says Has Enough Oil Inventories
    China has around 80 days of oil in storage, including those in its strategic petroleum reserve (SPR), oil storage at oil firms and commercial stocks, a National Energy Administration (NEA) official...
  • Tehran Wastewater Infrastructure Needs 5 More Years
    Expansion of Tehran’s wastewater network has registered 76% progress and is expected to be completed in five years, managing director of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company said. “The...
  • CHPs Increasing Footprint in Mazandaran
    Installed power generation capacity from small-scale power stations in northern Mazandaran Province has reached 220 megawatts. Managing director of the provincial electricity company, Hossein...
  • Shell, Exxon to Build LNG Import Terminals in Pakistan
    Shell and Exxon are among the companies picked by the Pakistani government to build five LNG import terminals as part of efforts to boost natural gas imports to deal with supply shortages, Oil...
  • Universal Electrification in Rural Areas
    While rural electrification rate in the world is 76% (based on United Nations data), the figure is almost 100% in Iran, Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said.  "An estimated 21 million people in...
  • Iran Oil Ministry Supporting Knowledge-Based Firms
    The Oil Ministry will support startups and knowledge-based firms in related industries, the Oil Minister said on the weekend. Visiting the construction site of a new technology park in Shahr-e Rey...
  • Oil Heading for 7% Weekly Gain
    Oil prices were on track to jump more than 7% this week, their biggest weekly rise in months, on rising Middle East tensions after a key Saudi Arabian supply hub was knocked out in an attack last...
  • Caspian-Semnan Water Project Divisive
    With almost 500 million cubic meters of water wasted in the industrial and farming sectors in Semnan Province, a plan to transfer water from the Caspian Sea in the north to the arid region would...
  • Investors Turn Heat on Big Oil Ahead of UN Climate Summit
    Investors managing $15 trillion in assets turned up the heat on the oil and gas sector on Wednesday ahead of a United Nations summit in New York aimed at accelerating efforts to fight climate...
  • Oil Steadies After Saudi Pledges to Restore Output
    Oil prices were little changed Wednesday, steadying after Saudi Arabia said it would restore by the end of the month production lost in weekend attacks on its facilities.  
  • Gas Production Increasing in Northeast of Iran
    Daily gas production capacity in Khangiran Gas Field in Khorasan Razavi Province will increase by 2.5 million cubic meters in three months, managing director of the East Oil and Gas Production...
  • Insurance, Freight Costs to Rise on Saudi Attack
    The latest attack on Saudi oil installations will push up the war risk insurance, thereby increasing the total cost of deliveries as freight rates also have an upside potential amid likely change...
  • Iran: Threat of Illegal Water Wells Real
    The pattern of deficits in underground water resources in Fars Province is approaching appalling levels and is closer to the one billion cubic meters, says the managing director of the provincial...
  • Iran Petrochem Output to Reach 133 Million Tons by 2025
    Iran will invest $40 billion in the petrochemical sector to increase annual output from the current 66 million tons to 133 million tons over six years, managing director of the National...
  • Iranian PhD Student Wins Gold at iCAN 2019 for Oil Innovation
    An innovation by an Iranian scholar received the top award at the 4th International Invention Innovation Competition in Canada, iCAN 2019.  
  • Biggest Oil Price Surge Since 1991
    Oil prices surged on Monday, with Brent crude posting its biggest intra-day percentage gain since the Persian Gulf War in 1991, after an attack on Saudi oil facilities on Saturday shut over 5% of...

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