Energy

  • Essar Oil has settled about €2 billion ($2.5 billion) in dues to Iran to cover previous oil purchases and still owes the country about $616 million, B. Anand, chief executive officer of the…

  • The country's refineries produced close to 214 billion cubic meters of natural gas in the fiscal 2017-18, the National Iranian Gas Company's production manager said.

    "The output…

  • Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, the Iranian oil minister, cautioned the world against politicizing the global oil market, noting that adopting such a policy will harm not only suppliers but also…

  • Iran has reached an agreement with Azerbaijan to purchase 180 megawatts of electricity from the Caucasian country to prevent a potential power shortage in summer.

    As per the agreement,…

  • Iran and its southern neighboring country Oman are expected to reach a final agreement on an offshore pipeline project to supply Iranian gas to the littoral state by the end of June, Oil…

  • Poland’s biggest oil refiner PKN Orlen said on Friday that a shipment of 130,000 tons of Iranian crude oil has arrived at the Baltic seaport of Gdansk.

    Most of the oil refined in Polish…

  • Oil prices rose on Friday, making the largest weekly gain since July, supported by concerns about the possibility of western military action in Syria and reports of dwindling global oil…

  • Solar energy dominated global investment in new power generation like never before in 2017.

    The world installed a record 98 gigawatts of new solar capacity, far more than the net…

  • OPEC is on the verge of “mission accomplished” in its quest to clear the global oil glut that caused the worst industry downturn in a generation, the International Energy Agency said.

  • Oil held near its highest in nearly three years on Wednesday, supported by political tension in the Middle East, although evidence of rising US crude supply acted as a counterbalance.

  • The construction operation of Iran’s first floating solar farm in Shahid Mohammad Montazeri Power Plant in Isfahan Province started on Tuesday.

    The 1 megawatt floating photovoltaic farm…

  • Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in the southern namesake city generated 7.4 billion kilowatt-hours of electricity in the past fiscal that ended on March 20, the head of the power plant said.

  • The oil market balance targeted by OPEC and allies in their production cut deal—bringing inventories down to their five-year average—could be reached in two or three months or so.

    This…

  • Lukoil expects to sign contracts with Iran in 3-4 months to develop the country's oilfields, the head of Lukoil, Russia's oil-producing giant, Vagit Alekperov, announced.

    The National…

  • Saudi Arabia, the world’s top oil exporter, plans to keep its crude oil shipments in May below 7 million barrels per day for the 12th consecutive month, the Saudi energy ministry said.

  • Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Wednesday $60 per barrel is a good price for oil, as the market should avoid volatility.

    “I believe that in this situation around $60 per…

  • France’s oil major Total and Saudi Aramco signed on Tuesday a memorandum of understanding to build a giant petrochemical complex in Jubail, Saudi Arabia, which will see total investments of $9…

  • The French oil and gas giant Total, as the main contractor for the development of South Pars Phase 11, has held tenders worth $860 million since last summer, the director of Pars Oil and Gas…

  • With the Persian Gulf Star Refinery becoming fully operational, the feedstock allocated to the plant will nearly double.

  • In line with plans to complete the value-added chain in Sadaf Petrochemical Asalouyeh Company, a styrene-butadiene rubber (SBR) unit is being constructed in the company under the supervision of…

  • The National Iranian Tanker Company, the country’s top oil shipping company, has increased its share in international markets by 50% in the past two years, the state-owned company’s managing…

  • The UK government could be on its way to ratify a massive support package—dubbed a sector deal—with the North Sea oil and gas industry, Scottish Secretary of State David Mundell told local Press…

  • China's Sinopec, Asia's largest refiner, plans to cut Saudi crude oil imports loading in May by 40% after national oil company Saudi Aramco set higher-than-expected prices, an official from the…

  • Oil markets rose by more than 1% on Tuesday, extending strong gains from the previous session, on hopes a trade dispute between the United States and China may be resolved without greater damage…

  • To boost petrochemical output capacity, improvement and optimization of 12 petrochem plants are underway in different provinces, production manager at the National Petrochemical Company said.