Iran’s Persian Gulf Star Refinery in the southern province of Hormozgan is the first of its kind designed based on gas condensate feed-stock recovered from South Pars gas field which Iran shares with Qatar in the Persian Gulf. Construction of the refinery started in 2006, but the project was delayed as the result of some …
Farhad Daneshvar: President Hassan Rouhani in an addressing to the parliament on August 20, said that drawing $100 billion in foreign investment to develop Iran’s oil industry is among the oil minister’s main tasks in his second term. “There is bad news and good news,” believes Chris Cook, a strategic market consultant, who also formerly…
Oil Minister Zanganeh said negotiations with the Danish business conglomerate, Maersk Group, were being pursued over development of South Pars Oil Layer (SPOL). Bijan Zangaeh, while pointing to continuation of talks with Maersk Group, voiced optimism that final agreements will be reached in near future. “What’s more, Pars Oil and Gas Company Ltd. has been…
Iran’s President Hassan Rouhani inaugurated five new phases of the South Pars Gas Field on Sunday which were completed at a cost of $20 billion, local media reported. The inauguration of phases 17-21 paves the way for Iran to overtake neighboring Qatar in production from the offshore gas field which it shares with Iran, Iranian…
Iranian oil minister has announced that Russia’s Lukoil is seeking to launch crude oil swap with Iran. On cooperation between Tehran and Moscow over oil swap projects, Bijan Zanganeh said no talks were conducted in this regard during the recent visit to Iran of Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak though relevant negotiations are underway with…
France’s Total will equip Phase 11 of South Pars Gas Field with a pressure booster station to regularly pump two billion cubic feet of gas per day for nearly 20 years as part of a deal between Tehran and the French energy giant. Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told Tasnim News Agency on Monday that…
President Hassan Rouhani launched the first phase production at three fields in the oil-rich Khuzestan Province, bringing its total crude output closer to pre-sanctions levels. “Oil production west of Karun must reach one million barrels per day,” Rouhani said on Sunday, referring to the North Azadegan, Yadavaran and North Yaran fields. “This is a realistic…
Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zanganeh says Iran’s crude exports reached 2.44 million barrels per day as of October. Addressing a televised debate, Zanganeh said Iran’s oil production hit almost four million barrels per day in October. He dismissed the “sheer lie” report that he had met Egyptian counterpart Tarek El Molla and said, “I have…
Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zanganeh said on Tuesday that Iranian oil industry needs $130 billion investment to meet the Sixth Five-Year Economic Development Plan (2016-21) targets. Zanganeh told a televised interview, “We use different methods for financing and there is not the possibility for attraction of all the needed capital through contracts.” On the contract…
Iranian oil minister has announced that the country’s crude production will rise to 4.5 million barrels per day (bpd) in the current Iranian calendar year (began March 20). Speaking at the second oil and energy congress in Tehran, Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh described priorities of the industry in the post-JCPOA era adding “crude production capacity…
