The escalating diplomatic conflict between Qatar and its Middle East Arab neighbors has roiled the liquefied natural gas (LNG) trade, causing at least one tanker to change course and UK gas prices…
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US President Donald Trump is not shy about expressing his love for coal. His proposed budget offers no such love for investing in renewable energy.
Oil prices resumed a downtrend on Friday following steep falls earlier in the week, pressured by widespread evidence of a fuel glut despite efforts led by OPEC to tighten the market.
Concerted efforts are being made to stop using mazut as feedstock in power plants by the end of the current fiscal year that ends in March 2018, deputy head of the Department of Environment (DOE)…
Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian warned that environmental problems in southern Khuzestan Province, notably the worsening sand and dust storms, are the ripple effects of Turkey's aggressive dam…
Two wastewater treatment facilities will come into operation on Saturday south and east of Tehran.
According to ISNA, Masoumeh Ebtekar, vice president and head of the Department of…
Japan's trade ministry will launch a panel to revise the government's basic energy plan and consider a need to build new nuclear plants or replace existing plants in the future, the Nikkei…
The number of electric vehicles (EV) on roads worldwide rose to a record high of 2 million last year, but has a long way to go to reach levels needed to help limit an increase in global…
Last year saw 161 gigawatts (GW) of renewable power capacity installed, a new report from the Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21) says.
Equatorial Guinea, OPEC’s newest member, called on fellow African producers to come together to protect the value of their oil resources and join the group. As more discoveries are made across the…
Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Wednesday Iran has opened talks with a major Russian company on developing the coveted Farzad-B Gas Field in the Persian Gulf as long and drawn out…
Close to 2,000 megawatts in new installed power capacity will be added to the national grid this month to help avoid possible blackouts during summer, said Mohsen Tarztalab, managing director of…
Drilling in Kish Gas Field, the Persian Gulf’s second largest gas field after South Pars, has made 85% progress, deputy chief of the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) said on Wednesday.
The Oil Ministry issued a statement on Wednesday rebutting “biased” reports about the government’s collaboration with foreign contractors to build offshore structures for a major gas project in…
Oil prices dipped on Wednesday on renewed concerns about the efficacy of OPEC-led production cuts due to rising tensions within the export group over Qatar and growing US output.
Iranian oil export to Turkey increased more than two times to 211,101 barrels per day during the first quarter of 2017 from the same period last year. According to the statistics released by…
Oil prices fell below $50 a barrel on Tuesday on concerns that a diplomatic rift between Qatar and several Arab states including Saudi Arabia could undermine efforts by OPEC to tighten the market…
A group of conservation organizations sued the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Monday, saying the agency unlawfully suspended Obama-era rules to cut methane pollution.
Natural gas supply capacity from the giant South Pars field to the southern and western regions will increase by 80 million cubic meters per day soon after the launch a new section of the national…
Gasoline imports reached 10 million liters per day on average since the beginning of the current fiscal in March, down almost 2 million liters from the previous fiscal, the National Iranian Oil…
Oil price agency S&P Global Platts said it will not automatically include Qatari-loading crude in its Middle East benchmark after Saudi Arabia and some other Arab states cut ties with Doha, a…
The South Zagros Oil and Gas Production Company is speeding up exploration and production activities at inland oil and gas fields, where upstream projects have been delayed due to priority…
Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian was in Sistan-Baluchestan Province on Sunday for a closer look at the serious challenges in the southeastern region, notably a string of power outages as well as…
About 20% of Iran’s electricity is generated via derelict power plants built more than a quarter century ago.
According to ISNA, one-fifth of the ageing thermal power stations are between…
The National Iranian Tanker Company (NITC) is exploring the potential for placing its first orders for very large crude carriers (VLCCs) since the easing of international sanctions, says managing…
