The European Union’s energy commissioner headed to Iran to strengthen ties following a growth in trade ties in response to the easing of sanctions. EU Commissioner for Climate Action and Energy Miguel Arias Cañete left Friday for Tehran for the inaugural bilateral business forum on sustainable energy, UPI reported. The commission said the forum aims…
The Italian power engineering company, Ansaldo Energia, has offered utilizing its technology to reduce environmental impacts of energy projects in Iran, SHANA news agency reported on Wednesday. In a meeting between Iran Power and Water Equipment and Service Export Company (Sunir) CEO Mohammad Kafshkanan and Ansaldo Energia CEO Giuseppe Zampini, the two sides discussed the…
Officials from Iran and the Czech Republic in a recent meeting in the Czech capital Prague have explored ways to broaden bilateral cooperation in energy sector. The Iranian delegation headed by Deputy Energy Minister Hoshang Falahatian joined with Czech officials at the first meeting of the Islamic Republic and the Czech Republic energy working group….
Iran said on Sunday it will soon sign six agreements with international energy giants over the development of its oil sector projects. Gholam-Reza Manouchehri, the deputy for engineering and development affairs of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), specified neither the companies nor the projects. Nevertheless, he did indicate that the projects were large scale….
Iran’s energy minister has called for increased presence of Denmark in various Iranian water and electricity projects. On the sidelines of his visit to Copenhagen of Denmark, Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian met with the Danish counterpart discussing numerous topics like Denmark’s favorable climate, development of joint cooperation in the field of renewable energy, improving quality…
NIGEC managing director said Iran is likely to hire existing pipelines to conduct gas exports to the European market. While construction and operation of LNG production projects in southern Iran remains as one major route for exports of gas to the European Union member states, pipelines still mark one possible scenario for gas exports to…
Deputy oil minister announced that exports capacity of various Iranian petroleum products has climbed to 500 thousand barrels per day. Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Abbas Kazemi described the latest status of implementing new gasoline production units inside the country saying “gasoline production increase project of Bandar Abbas Refinery…
An oil official has announced that Vitol S.A. of Switzerland is likely to purchase Russian crude to be swapped through Iran’s largest oil terminal in the Caspian Sea. Despite the seven-year hiatus in oil swaps among Caspian Sea littoral states through Iran’s route, the process has not been resumed yet though negotiations are still underway…
A POGC official has reported on the signing of a contract with a French firm for conducting pressure drop studies in South Pars joint gas field. Director of Engineering and Construction at Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) Mohammad Meshkinfam described the plans to prevent pressure loss in South Pars phases saying “at the present…
