Programs are underway to triple nuclear power, the energy minister said. The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant off the Persian Gulf now produces 1,000 megawatts and two more 1 GW units are planned to…
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Oil refining companies in Iran are doing reasonably well as production and export of gasoline has been of the ascending order in the past 14 years.
There is a substantial difference between water consumption patterns in the developed and the developing world. In countries with low to average GDP like Iran, industry accounts for 2% of total…
Construction of Sabalan Petrochemical Plant in Asalouyeh, southern Bushehr Province is almost over, the managing director said. An undertaking of Sepehr Energy Corporation (SECo), the plant…
Oil prices rose more than 2% on Monday, lifted by comments from doctors for US president, Donald Trump, suggesting he could be discharged from hospital as soon as Monday, just a few days after…
Tehran Comprehensive Water Supply Plan, dubbed Tehran Water Ring System, will be completed by next August and all districts will have access to the same water quality, Tehran’s governor said.
Pipe-laying operations from Bandar Aftab (Garzeh) in Bandar Lengeh County, Hormozgan Province, to Kish Island for supplying natural gas to the island has begun, head of Kish Gas Field…
Production at power plants has increased by more than 2,000 megawatts in the past four years thanks to timely maintenance and repair programs, director general of the technical office of Thermal…
Desalinated water accounts for a meager 0.1% of the total annual water consumption in Iran while in some neighboring countries like Saudi Arabia it is 70%.
Oil prices were down 3% on Friday after Donald Trump tested positive for Covid-19 and negotiators failed to agree a US stimulus package just as rising global oil output threatens to overwhelm a…
The refinery of South Pars Gas Field Phase 14 will come online by mid-2021, project manager of the phase said. “Construction of the refinery has registered 84% progress,” Mohammad Mehdi…
Power production from hydropower plants reached 14,500 gigawatt hours between March 20 and September 14, director of Iran Hydroelectric Power Management Center Farbod Estiri said. “…
Non-revenue water in Yazd Province is 20%, of which 10% is real loss (through leaks, also referred to as physical loss) and 10% is apparent losses (theft and meter measuring errors), provincial…
An estimated 350 million liters of oil and oil byproducts were supplied daily via pipelines in 2019, indicating a 65% rise over the last 40 years, managing director of the Iranian Oil Pipeline…
The wellhead Platform 7 of Hendijan Oil Field in the Persian Gulf was installed late on Monday, managing director of Iranian Offshore Oil Company, operator of the field, said. Weighing 1,000…
Iran’s power industry has not developed as would have been expected in the last eight years, head of the Federation of Iranian Energy Exports Industries said. “Close to 4,000 megawatts were…
Demand for gasoline fell by 24% between May and August compared to the corresponding period last year, head of the Gasoline Station Owners' Association (GSOA) said. “Gasoline consumption…
The first steam unit of Urmia Power Plant in Urmia in West Azarbaijan Province is to come online on Tuesday. With a capacity of 160 megawatts, the unit was cost $150 million, the Energy…
Oil prices dipped on Monday as rising coronavirus cases upset hopes for a smooth recovery in fuel demand, with the main crude benchmarks on track for their first monthly falls in multiple months…
Covid-19 pandemic has raised natural gas consumption in the household sector by 30 million cubic meters per day over the past six months compared to a year ago, head of the National Iranian Gas…
Natural gas stored in the two underground storage facilities in Sarajeh and Shourijeh increased in the first half of the current year (March 20-Sep 21) compared to the same period last year,…
Power consumption of industries has increased by 12% since the beginning of the current fiscal in March compared to a year ago, but the rise has not transformed into decent productivity growth,…
Petrochemical Research and Technology Company has been granted a patent from the European Union for developing technology to convert methanol to propylene (MTP), the managing director said.
The widening gap between what consumers pay and the final cost of water treatment and supply has pushed the state-owned Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company (Abfa) into the red to the…
The 11th virtual meeting of the Regional Centre for Urban Water Management governing board was held Sep 23 with 53 participants from 16 countries and 10 international organizations to discuss…