SHANA - More than 108 years of prospecting for hydrocarbon reservoirs in Iran have resulted in the exploration of the supergiant South Pars gas field and Azadegan oil field. Iran sits atop more than 100 oil and gas reservoirs, implying that at least one reservoir has been explored per year in Iran in the past century. In 1966, a Swiss company explored ...

FNA - Iran started production of extra-heavy oil with the API gravity of 20 from its Western Karoun reservoir, specially from the South and North Azadegan fields, despite the US threats of sanctions against the country's trade and oil exports. Iran now has access to new technology to produce specific crude oils, including extra-light, light, heavy ...