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September 22, 2020 18:31
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August 01,2020Millions of barrels of oil refinery capacity might permanently close across the global energy complex after being lost when demand crashed during the coronavirus pandemic, US refiners said on... -
July 31,2020The third wastewater treatment plant in Lordegan, western Chaharmahal- Bakhtiari Province, was inaugurated, provincial head of the Water and Wastewater Company said. -
July 31,2020The surface area of Iran’s largest inland body of water (Lake Urmia) has increased by 68% over the last six years, the Urmia Lake Restoration Project administrator and director of the Planning... -
July 31,2020Oil prices rose on Friday, after touching three-week lows in the previous session, responding to a record decline in US growth as the coronavirus ravaged the world’s biggest economy and oil... -
July 29,2020A leak in a subsea oil pipeline from Abouzar Oilfield (in the Persian Gulf) to Kharg Island and Bandar Genaveh in Bushehr Province has been fixed and the oil spill is being cleaned up. The leakage... -
July 29,2020The Iranian Central Oil Fields Company has spent $600 million to build pressure boosting stations in gas fields to help provide sustainable supplies to gas refineries, director of the company’s... -
July 29,2020Construction of a 230 kilovolt gas-insulated substation started Sunday at the site of Rey Power Plant in south Tehran as the first step to phase out the old station, head of the Thermal Power... -
July 29,2020Oil prices rose on Wednesday after an industry report showed that crude inventories in the United States fell against expectations, giving the market a boost amid record increases of coronavirus... -
July 28,2020In the next two years, 7,500 five-kilowatt rooftop photovoltaic panels will be installed for households in South Khorasan Province. The eastern province has great potential to produce clean energy... -
July 28,2020The coronavirus crisis may have triggered the long-anticipated tipping point in oil demand and it is focusing minds in OPEC. -
July 28,2020The stifling hot summer and recurring power outages in southern Khuzestan Province are creating discontent among residents forced to make do with 51 degrees Celsius, a lawmaker from the oil... -
July 27,2020One million old meters have been replaced with smart electricity meters across the nation in the past three years and the same number will be substituted by the end of the current fiscal that... -
July 27,2020Oil prices edged lower on Monday as rising coronavirus cases and tensions between the United States and China pushed investors toward safe-haven assets. -
July 27,2020Construction of a solar section of Yazd Integrated Solar Combined Cycle Power Plant started Saturday. Upon completion the plant will have generation capacity of 467 megawatts, the Energy Ministry... -
July 27,2020Schlumberger Ltd., the world's leading oilfield services provider, posted its weakest sales in 14 years and is cutting one-fifth of its workforce while warning that new waves of Covid-19 could... -
July 26,2020The first phase of a project to transfer water from the Persian Gulf to Kerman Province is completed and will be inaugurated soon, the provincial governor said. “The 300-km pipeline with seven... -
July 26,2020There is no problem in the production and allocation of urea fertilizer quotas, director of Iran's Association of Petrochemical Industry Corporation said. “As per a government decision for the... -
July 26,2020Ukraine’s state-held gas firm Naftogaz is reportedly opposed to the pricing formula for US liquefied natural gas it could receive under a long-term contract, while there isn’t enough infrastructure... -
July 25,2020An estimated $13.5 billion has been invested for the construction of Mokran (also Makran) Petrochemical Complex in Chabahar, Sistan-Baluchestan Province, managing director of Negin Mokran... -
July 25,2020Over a tenth of gas flares in the Permian Basin, the large oil field in the southwest of the US, tend to malfunction and release unlit methane into the atmosphere, the Environmental Defense Fund... -
July 25,2020Exporting electricity can be more profitable if private firms are also allowed to sell, without state interference, the power they generate, head of the Federation of Iranian Energy Exports... -
July 24,2020Oil prices rose on Friday on the back of a weaker US dollar, although demand concerns stemming from rising coronavirus cases and escalating US-China tensions kept a cap on prices. -
July 24,2020A comprehensive plan calls for increasing propylene production in Iran to 3 million tons a year, managing director of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company said. “The plan will be carried out in... -
July 24,2020More turbines are being hauled to wrap up construction of the Sarbisheh Wind Power Plant in Doreh rural district in South Khorasan Province, the provincial governor said. “Of the total 20 wind... -
July 22,2020Following its calls to reduce power consumption and avoid outages in the hot summer months, the state-run Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company (Tavanir) has signed 250,000...
