SHANA - Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh appointed Jafar Towfighi Darian as the new head of the Research Center of Petroleum Industry (RIPI). Mr. Darian replaced Mohammad Reza Katouzian as RIPI chief. Born on 19 March 1956, Dr. Darian is a chemical engineer, academic, politician and senior consultant of Ministry of Science, Research ...

TEHRAN August 8 (Shana)--The Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) is ready to cooperate with the Petroleum University of Technology (PUT), the RIPI head said. PUT is the RIPIs priority for research cooperation, Hamid-Reza Katouzian said. In a meeting earlier held between this university and the RIPI, agreements were reached for expanding ...