Energy

  • France's Total SA, the only western energy major investing in Iran, will lose its stake in the South Pars Gas Field to its Chinese partner if the Paris-based company withdraws from the country,…

  • The state-owned National Iranian Gas Company is pursuing the policy of increasing gas delivery to power plants with the goal of curbing pollutants and preserving the environment, the company’s…

  • Companies from several countries, including Spain, France and China, have expressed readiness to launch joint ventures in Iran's lucrative petrochemical sector.  Spain's Mecanicas Bolea S.A…

  • Austrian integrated oil and gas company, OMV, is seeking to expand cooperation with the National Iranian Oil Company to secure a footprint in the country's upstream sector, OMV's Orient Upstream…

  • As soon as maintenance operations in oilfields' installations are completed, the country's oil output can easily exceed 4.5 million barrels a day, chief executive officer of the National Iranian…

  • China is the world’s most attractive country for renewable energy investment, according to a new study by Ernst & Young.

    How do other Asian countries fare?

  • French energy giant Total SA plans to boost oil exploration and open more fuel stations in Africa’s most industrialized country.

    Total pumped a record amount of oil and gas in the first…

  • Eni has announced an oil discovery on the A-2X exploration prospect in the South West Meleiha license, in the Egyptian Western Desert, some 103 kilometers north of the oasis of Siwa.

    The…

  • Tehran Oil Refinery has signed a memorandum of understanding with two Japanese companies, JGC Corporation and Marubeni Corporation, on enhancing gasoline quality and quantity as well as reducing…

  • The 23rd Iran International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition was inaugurated by Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh in Tehran on Sunday.

    In addition to Iranian…

  • Transferring Turkmenistan's gas to Pakistan via Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline, aka Peace Pipeline, will benefit both neighboring states, the National Iranian Gas Company's managing director said.…

  • Hong Kong-flagged cargo ship CF Crystal was the causal factor of the collision with the Iran-owned oil tanker Sanchi, 160 nautical miles off the coast of Shanghai, China, on January 6, said the…

  • Bandar Abbas Refinery in the southern Hormozgan Province is making concerted efforts to enhance the quality of its gasoline and diesel output to comply with Euro-4 emission standards by October…

  • The man who ran Venezuela’s state oil company PDVSA for a decade after 2004 says the country’s oil firm is on the cusp of total collapse and expects oil production to drop by 600,000 barrels per…

  • Saudi Energy Minister Khalid al-Falih is optimistic that South Korea could end up in the shortlist to build nuclear power plants in Saudi Arabia, al-Falih said on Friday during a visit…

  •  Close to 700 million cubic meters of water are wasted in the country annually, of which the loss of 250 mcm is inevitable, a senior official at the National Water and Wastewater…

  • China’s Sinopec will cut its June imports of crude from Saudi Arabia by 40% for the second month in a row because of "unjustified" high prices, an official from the top Asian refiner, Unipec,…

  • Norway’s Statoil said it aims to cut its carbon footprint more aggressively as measures to reduce global warming could reduce the value of its assets, leaving some of its reserves stranded…

  • Oil prices were little changed on Friday after rising earlier, as market jitters kicked in over the prospect of geopolitical risks from possible new US sanctions against Iran.

    US West…

  • Iran is seeing bumper oil exports, but that does not imply a production uptrend.

  • Russia has reaffirmed its pledge to an alliance with OPEC, despite two months of breaching its target under a global oil output deal.

    The country remains “fully committed” to bringing…

  • Saudi Arabia set the price of its benchmark crude in Asia at the highest level since August 2014, just a few weeks after the trading unit of China’s biggest refiner asked for fewer barrels…

  • Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the number of household gas subscribers in the country has increased by over 4.56 million in the past four years.

    "Close to 3.14 million…

  • Debts of electricity subscribers to the Energy Ministry have exceeded $2 billion, a deputy energy minister said.

    "The amount of unpaid dues to the ministry has amounted to a massive $2.3…

  • The 23rd International Iran Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition, the largest annual convention in Iran's petroleum industry, will commence at Tehran's International Fairground on May…