Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister Ali Bagheri Kani says that Iran is serious in the Vienna talks and firm in distrusting enemies. The Foreign Ministry, along with scientists and experts in the country's energy sector, will use all of its international capabilities to enhance Iran's ability to neutralize sanctions, said Bagheri Kani on the sidelines ...

Tehran Times Iranian Energy Ministry has major plans to make use of flare gas burnt or vented in oil and gas facilities across the country, Press TV reported, quoting an official with the ministry as saying. Hamid Chitchian, a former minister who currently advises the government on energy issues, said on Wednesday that Iran was planning to economically ...

FNA - Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian announced on Sunday that Iran is due to start cooperation with a large Russian firm in the production of gas turbines. "A giant Russian company has shown high interest in the joint production of gas turbines and it will present Iranian products to the Russian market in exchange for receiving the know-how to ...

SHANA - The former Secretary General of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) said, "In the future gas will become a great player in the world of energy, and it will provide the ground for strategic powers to Iran. Mohammad Hussein Adeli, on the sidelines of the 4th Iranian Petroleum and Energy Club Congress & Exhibition in Tehran on Tuesday,...

SHANA - The Research Center of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) has made great progress in developing gas liquefaction and refining technologies, a RIPI official says. According to RIPI website, Mansour Bazmi, deputy managing director of technology and international affairs, described RIPI as one of the leading centers in gas liquefaction technologies,...

SHANA - Sitting atop 18% of the world's proven gas reserves, Iran ranks the first in terms of holding natural gas in the world. Owing to development of gas fields in recent years, Irans average gas production has reached 800 mcm/d, 600 mcm/d of which is consumed domestically. The annually growing domestic consumption of natural gas and Irans obligation ...

SHANA - The CEO of Hasheminejad Gas Refinery said the facility had reduced gas consumption by 5 million cubic meters in the first quarter of the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 21, compared to the same period last year. According to the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), Majid Monabatti said the conservation was made possible ...

SHANA - Iranian and Spanish companies have planned to hold the first joint oil and gas joint workshop between the two countries parallel with the 23rd Iran Oil Show in Tehran in May. The workshop will be held on May 7, the second day of the oil show which is slated for May 6 to 9 at Tehran's permanent fairgrounds. Spanish companies active in ...

SHANA - The natural gas output of South Zagros Oil and Gas Production Company (SZOGPC) is estimated to reach 58 billion cubic meters in the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 21, the company's CEO says. Addressing a gathering of the company's senior executives, Gholamhussein Montazeri said the company has also produced 18.5 million ...

SHANA - Iran remains number one holder of gas in the world with 55.33 tcm of reserves in place, 33.72 tcm of which being recoverable. The Iranian Ministry of Petroleum envisages increasing the country's share of global gas trading to around 10% under Iran's Vision Plan 2025. Natural gas exports for Iran, which is rich in this source of hydrocarbon,...

MNA The European Commissioner for Energy announced EUs readiness to negotiate Irans accession to the Southern Gas Corridor. Speaking at a press conference, European vice-president in charge of the Energy Union Maro ef?ovi? announced that the EU wants countries with rich gas reserves to joint Southern Gas Corridor, adding that all options have ...

Press TV - Lebanon and Israel have nearly come to blows over Beiruts offshore oil and gas exploration projects, a running standoff that has kept the Middle East on edge considering the tumultuous history between the two sides. It all started last week, when Israel described as very provocative a Lebanese tender for projects in two of its 10 ...

MNA National Iranian Gas Company spokesman says that gas consumption in Iranian household crossed the 570 million cubic meter today, the highest consumption of natural gas in recent years. National Iranian Gas Company spokesman Majid Boujarzadeh said that in on February 4, 2017, Iranian household consumed 538 million cubic meters of natural gas,...

Tasnim Managing Director of Pars Oil and Gas Company Mohammad Meshkinfam said on Monday that the giant South Pars gas field in the southern port city of Assalouyeh is currently supplying 70 percent of the total natural gas consumed inside the country. 70 percent of the (natural) gas consumed in the country is supplied by the South Pars gas field,...

MNA An NIDC official said as many as 119 oil and gas wells were drilled and completed over the first nine months of the current Iranian calendar year (began March 21). Corporate Planning Director of National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) Naser Gholipour pointed to drilling of 119 new oil and gas wells so far in the current Iranian year, asserting ...

Radio Free Europe Radio Liberty - Energy politics around the Caspian Sea breeds complications, as a recent example involving Turkmenistan, Iran, Turkey, Azerbaijan, and Armenia reminds us. Turkmenistan is in a serious bind. The country has the fourth-largest natural gas reserves in the world but currently has only one customer -- China -- at a time ...

SHANA - The secretary general of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) said natural gas is the best option for realization of the world's environment protection goals. Addressing the 3rd Iranian Petroleum and Energy Club Congress and Exhibition in Tehran on Tuesday, Mohammad Hossein Adeli said given gas's competitiveness and ease of access in ...

SHANA - Hashemi Nejad Gas Refinery has processed over 6 billion cubic meters of sour gas over the course of the first 6 months of the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 21. Managing director of the facility Majid Monabbati said the plant was supposed to receive 5.6 bcm of gas during the period but it received and processed over 6....

SHANA - First Vice-President Eshaq Jahangiri says oil, gas and petrochemical industries are the most compliant sectors to the principles of economic resilience. Addressing the opening ceremony of IranPlast Exhibition here in Tehran on Sunday, the official said oil and gas sectors together with the petrochemical industry have set the best records ...

Press TV - State-run Korea Gas Corp (KOGAS), the worlds second-largest single buyer of liquefied natural gas (LNG), says it plans to import natural gas from Iran as well as explore opportunities to acquire gas field stakes in the country. A KOGAS official said the company was looking to diversify its import sources as supply contracts with Qatar ...