Japanese refiner Cosmo Oil will load around 900,000 barrels of Iranian Heavy crude oil in early March as local refiners are rushing to lift as much barrels from Iran during the current 180-day…
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The National Iranian Drilling Company has drilled and repaired 123 onshore and offshore wells over the past 11 months, the company’s deputy managing director for drilling operations said Monday…
Crude oil exports from Iraq’s southern ports on the Persian Gulf stand at around 3.565 million barrels per day so far in February, two oil executives told Reuters on Monday. Exports from…
Untapped hydrocarbon reserves are huge and encouraging the private sector to enter this key sector should be a priority.
The UK's Unite trade union on Saturday approved plans for industrial action at Total's North Sea oil and gas fields, including the Shetland Gas Plant, as a dispute over offshore rotas flared…
Phase 14 of South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf has registered 84% progress, said the energy deputy at the Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran. No foreign…
The number of greenfield oil and gas projects to get their final investment decision could rise threefold in 2019 all over the world, Norwegian energy consultancy Rystad Energy has forecast.…
As Pakistan faces worsening water scarcity - and trouble sourcing international cash for hydropower dams it says it needs - it has turned to an unlikely source of cash: A fundraising campaign…
Global natural gas demand will rise by almost 50% over the next 23 years and Iran will be among the major suppliers alongside Russia and the United States.
US crude oil production hit a record 12 million bpd in the week ending February 22, rising by 100,000 bpd from 11.9 million bpd in the previous week, the weekly US Energy Information…
Construction of a new petrochemical complex in Andimeshk, Khuzestan Province, started at the weekend. The project seeks to develop the value chain of methane as in the first phase. Annual…
The Energy Ministry has settled $1 billion of its debt to private power plants over the past 11 months. According to IRNA, the ministry owes $2.6 billion to private contractors. Due to the…
Liquefied natural gas prices in North Asia, the world’s biggest market for the fuel, have slumped to the lowest in 17 months as the peak demand season ends with a whimper.
Iran has taken noticeable steps in recent years to develop its green energy sector and has the potential to emerge as a regional Green energy hub. Austrian Ambassador to Iran Stefan Scholz made…
A top US official discussed this week South Korea’s crude oil imports from Iran and urged Seoul to accelerate its oil supply diversification, S&P Global Platts reported on Thursday, quoting…
The National Iranian Oil Company's Exploration Department has discovered 73hydrocarbon fields during the last 40 years, of which 24 are shared with Arab neighbors, head of department said.
Electricity subscribers will have to pay 10% of the cost of their power consumption as tax in their electricity bills next year (begins in March). The Majlis agreed on Wednesday to raise tax…
Developing oilfields, especially in the Caspian Sea is not on the agenda of the National Iranian Oil Company. Therefore, Khazar Exploration and Production Company as a subsidiary of the NIOC has…
Japanese refiners are seeking clarity on whether there will be an extension to the 180-day sanctions waiver from Washington in March, as they hope to continue buying Iranian oil without any…
To help promote competition, those who build green power stations are not obliged to use locally-produced parts and equipment. Mohammad Sadeqzadeh, head of the Renewable Energy…
Iran has all it needs to tap into clean energy but despite scientific studies and steps taken in this regard, the real improvement potential has not been effectively exploited, said the…
Oil prices slipped away from 2019 highs on Wednesday, with surging US supply and slowing economic growth tempering upward pressure from supply cuts led by producer club OPEC and from Washington’…
Most of the infrastructure is in place to export natural gas from western Kurdestan Province to Iraq’s semi-autonomous Kurdistan region, provincial head of the National Iranian Gas Company said…
Iranian crude oil exports in January were higher than expected, while February shipments so far have been holding steady or even higher compared to last month, as several of Iran’s customers are…
Iran wants to become the world’s sixth largest steelmaker by 2025 and development plans to this effect are underway across the country.