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  • Iran plans to increase the share of compressed natural gas in its fuel mix, as the low-carbon and clean-burning fuel has saved billions of dollars by curtailing gasoline imports in recent years…

  • Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh on Sunday appointed a new chief for the National Petrochemical Company and nominated a woman as his first deputy in the latest restructuring of top…

  • Iraq has increased oil export capacity from its southern ports by 900,000 barrels per day to 4.6 million bpd after adding a new floating terminal in the Persian Gulf, Oil Minister Jabar al-…

  • Oil major Royal Dutch Shell Plc won half the blocks awarded in Brazil’s deepwater oil auction on Friday, while rival BP took two blocks and Exxon Mobil Corp one in a historic opening of the pre-…

  • Iran is finalizing a flurry of new deals in the water and power sectors while efforts are underway to restore a large and shrunken lake in northwest Iran, one of the country's biggest…

  • Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in the south has generated 25 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity since it went on stream since its launch in 2011, which is equivalent to consuming 6 billion…

  • Iran has extracted 4.6 million barrels of crude from Azar Oilfield in the western Ilam Province since the field started production about seven months ago.

    According to ISNA, the oilfield…

  • Banking problems to open a letter of credit to export Iranian oil to Russia have been resolved and the two states will embark on crude trade in the near future, the deputy oil minister for…

  • The fog has been cleared ahead of OPEC’s next policy meeting by Saudi Arabia and Russia declaring their support for extending a global deal to cut oil supplies for another nine months, OPEC’s…

  • Oil prices rallied on Friday, sending the global crude benchmark above $60 a barrel for the first time in more than two years and lifting the US benchmark for the commodity to its highest finish…

  • Oil prices steadied on Friday, with benchmark Brent crude trading just below $60 a barrel, buoyed by comments from Saudi Arabia’s crown prince backing the extension of OPEC-led output cuts.

  • French oil and gas major Total reported a 29% jump in third-quarter net profit as project ramp-ups and new investments lifted production, joining a list of energy companies benefiting from…

  • Iraq will begin pumping oil from Kirkuk once again, just a week after clashes between Iraqi and Kurdish forces forced production in certain parts of the No. 2 OPEC producer to shutter.

  • Indian private refiner Essar Oil's imports from Iran fell by about 26.4% in September from a year ago, as it boosted purchases from Iraq, according to tanker arrival data obtained from trade…

  • Tehran is confident about raising more than $20 billion from international companies for its oil and natural gas projects in 12 months, despite facing the shadow of new US sanctions that could…

  • Three Austrian companies introduced their cutting-edge enhanced oil recovery methods in a conference in Tehran on Wednesday.

    According to Shana, Pars Marine Industries Company organized…

  • Iran is pressing ahead with the construction of a string of new petrochemical ventures to become a leading player in the regional petrochemical market and make more profit of its massive…

  • At least six people were killed and two injured in a blaze at Tehran Oil Refinery on Friday, media reports said.

    A local official told IRNA that the fire broke out at around 4 p.m. due…

  • Top global oil companies will compete on Friday in Brazil’s billion-dollar auction for some of the world’s most prolific deepwater oilfields, a test of their appetite for capital-intensive…

  • Oil eased on Wednesday but was still near a four-week high after top exporter Saudi Arabia said it was determined to end a supply glut that has been weighing on the market for three years.

  • Saudi Aramco CEO Amin Nasser, who runs the world's largest oil company, is taking the rise of electric vehicles in his stride.

  • Iran's National Iranian Oil Company and Russian companies are discussing their participation in the exploration of oil and gas fields in Iran. "NIOC has already signed enough memorandums of…

  • Tehran's waste-to-energy (WTE) plants can generate 5 megawatts of electricity daily, the head of Tehran's Department of Environment said.

  • Domestic and foreign companies are in talks with the state-owned National Iranian Oil Company on the development rights of Kish Gas Field, the Persian Gulf’s second largest gas field after South…

  • Top-level Iranian and German officials gathered in a meeting on Tuesday to explore opportunities in the energy industry in a move that signaled the two countries, unmoved by Washington's efforts…