There are 67 petrochemical companies in Iran, which account for less than 0.5% of total annual water consumption.
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The sulfur output of Ilam Gas Refining Company in Ilam Province has grown by 25% in the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Aug. 22) compared with the same period of last…
Oil Minister Javad Owji has appointed Majid Chegeni as the managing director of the National Iranian Gas Company on Sunday. With a master’s degree in industrial engineering, Chegeni has held…
The controversial policy of paying subsidies to the loss-making power sector that has kept electricity prices low for consumers is unsustainable and has put private power producers in danger of…
Dams across Iran has the capacity to hold 50.5 billion cubic meters of water, but currently only 39% of their total capacity is filled, which is due to lower precipitation in the past water year…
The development of oil and gas fields shared with neighboring states is a top priority, but unfortunately the Oil Ministry has long been grappling with financial constraints, a lawmaker from…
The construction of Emarat Dam in Germi County in northwestern Ardabil Province has registered 95% physical progress and will be launched in February 2022, Mehr News Agency reported. Built on…
Amir Kabir Petrochemical Plant in Mahshahr, Khuzestan Province, has increased its output and exports in the first five months of the current Iranian year (March 21-Aug. 22) compared with the…
The National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa) is ready to supply at least 15 million cubic meters of treated wastewater to Tehran Municipality a year for watering parks…
Oil prices fell on Friday as more supply came back on stream in the US Gulf of Mexico following two hurricanes, but both benchmark contracts were on track for weekly gains of more than 3% as…
Iran’s Oil Ministry has planned to increase output in joint oilfields that contain more than 153 billion barrels of extractable oil. Oil Ministry Javad Owji made the statement during a visit to…
The Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Corporation has improved its position in the latest ranking released by the Independent Commodity Intelligence Services, which is the world’s largest…
Investors managing more than $10 trillion on Wednesday published an ambitious blueprint for energy companies, seeking to tackle climate change, including sharp cuts to greenhouse gas emissions…
Despite problems caused by the Covid-19 and financial constraints imposed by US sanctions, which slowed down construction operations at the second and third units of Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant…
Despite the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company’s efforts to fill the thermal power plants’ inventories, they are still 25% empty and power cuts loom in winter, the spokesman…
Large-scale operations carried out by eastern and western neighboring states to control cross-border rivers have compounded Iran’s mounting water crisis, the head of the Water Affairs Faculty at…
The construction of the steam unit of Ghadir Qeshm Power Plant on Qeshm Island, off the Persian Gulf, is underway and will come on stream next summer. According to the National Iranian Gas…
OPEC predicted stronger demand for its crude on a combination of rising global fuel consumption and output disruptions elsewhere. The latest data from the group indicate that the world will…
The daily output of small-scale distributed generation power plants has surpassed 1,100 megawatts, up 60% compared to a year ago, managing director of Iran Grid Management Company said. “…
Oil prices rose for a second session on Monday, as concerns over US output following damage from Hurricane Ida supported the market, along with expectations for higher demand. Brent crude rose…
The annual ethylene injection to West Ethylene Pipeline is expected to reach 3.5 million tons in four years, in which case petrochemical companies will have enough feedstock to produce value-…
Iranian specialists have indigenized two major catalysts used in the petrochemical industry, which will help save $70 million for the country as their domestic production is much cheaper than…
About 8,000 meters of drilling operations have been carried out at Phase 11 of South Pars Gas Field, managing director of Petropars Group said. “The first section of drilling operations in the…
Gasoline storage capacity in Iran has reached 3 billion liters. According to data from the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company, a subsidiary of the National Iranian Oil…
Annual water withdrawal from dwindling underground resources in drought-stricken Semnan Province has exceeded 150 million cubic meters and it is continuing unabated, managing director of the…