Energy

Despite installed power generation capacity surpassing  80 gigawatts and exports to some neighboring states, several industrial townships in East Azarbaijan Province are deprived of…

Iraq imports 7 gigawatts of electricity from Iran to make up for the shortfall between its output and actual need, an Iraqi power ministry official said. Abbas Jabber, electricity ministry…

A handful of protesters on the ground floor of the cavernous Cape Town International Convention Centre spread fake oil on the ground and chanted, demanding an end to fossil fuels.  Two…

Despite higher precipitation in October, which was 33% more compared to last year same time, average rainfall was lower than the global average. However, rainfall can be increased by cloud…

Crude oil futures fell on Friday amid lingering uncertainty on whether, and when, the United States and China will agree a long-awaited deal to end their bitter trade dispute, the gloom…

Sardasht Hydroelectric Power Plant in Sardasht County, West Azarbaijan Province, was connected to the national grid on Tuesday. Adjacent to Sardasht Dam near the Iraqi border in the northwest,…

With completion of a project to boost output from the Poly-H unit at Shahid Tondgooyan Petrochemical Company, daily production capacity of the unit has increased to 480 tons, the managing…

Iranian LPG shipments to China were on track in November. Trader estimates for cargo loading from Iran bound for China in November generally range between seven and 10. Sources estimate Iran…

Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh was quoted as saying Monday that he expects further production cuts to be announced at the next meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…

Oil prices inched up slightly on Monday after rising expectations of a US-China trade deal boosted benchmarks in the previous session.  Brent crude futures for January rose 15 cents to $61…

Iran’s natural gas export to Turkey declined by 70% in August compared to the corresponding month in the previous year. According to Energy Today, the latest report issued by Ankara-based…

Lack of a roadmap for long-term engineering services’ export has hurt domestic businesses in this sector over the past few years, vice president of Iran Electrical Industry Syndicate said.

Armenia can be a conduit for exporting Iran’s electricity to Eurasian countries, Armenian Minister of Territorial Administration and Infrastructure said in Tehran on Sunday.

Big oil companies need to cut oil production by 35% by 2040 in order to preserve shareholder value in a changing world, Carbon Tracker, a London-based think tank researching the impact of…

The number of electricity subscribers who adhere to the consumption patterns outlined by the government has increased by 10% compared to last year, managing director of Iran's Power Generation,…

The rise in domestic gas consumption has been more noticeable than the increase in exports over the last 12 months.  According to Oil Ministry data, although gas production has remained…

Installed electricity capacity generated with the help of cogeneration or combined heat and power plants has risen by 130% over the last eight months in Bakhtar Region (Markazi, Lorestan and…

Russia lowered its oil output to 11.23 million barrels per day last month from 11.25 million bpd in September, missing again its obligations under a global pact to curb production, energy…

Iranian and Iraqi power grids were synchronized Friday following closer collaboration between the two neighbors. 

Compressed natural gas consumption has declined 15% since May when prices rose by 10%, head of the Iran CNG Association said. “Unlike previous years when CNG use increased by at least 10%, the…

Iranian companies’ capabilities in manufacturing parts and equipment for the thermal power industry have encouraged many countries to want to benefit from Iran’s experience, Deputy Energy…

Domestic manufacturers are in the process of constructing wind turbines with generator capacity up to 250 kilowatts, operator of the project said.

Oil has always been a function of the international market, so setting up local energy markets cannot help the National Iranian Oil Company sell crude on a long-term basis, a veteran financial…

The temporary rise in water levels behind dams cannot guarantee the sustainable supply of potable water in the long term unless water management and related issues gets top priority.…

The National Iranian South Oil Company seeks to further reduce flaring and burning of associated petroleum gases from oil and gas sites in the southern and southwestern regions it operates,…