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FT: Iran oil exports hit six-year high
Iran is exporting more oil than at any time for the past six years, giving its economy a $35bn-a-year boost.
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Iran’s petrochemical production capacity to top 100m tons by mid-March 2025: NPC CEO
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s petrochemical production capacity will exceed 100 million tons by the end of the current Iranian year (March 20, 2025), said the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) managing director.
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Oil minister: Semifinished projects worth over $28b completed in a year
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s oil minister said on Wednesday semifinished projects worth more than $28 billion were completed in the Iranian calendar year of 1402 (March 21, 2023-March 19, 2024).
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Sanctions aimed at limiting Iran’s oil output, exports thwarted by Oil Ministry: PBO head
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Plan and Budget Organization (PBO) chief said on Tuesday the Oil Ministry has managed to thwart the sanctions aimed at limiting the country’s oil production and sales in the international market.
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Iran viewed as reliable economic partner by gas importing countries
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran has been introduced as a reliable economic partner after long years of signing contracts with and exporting gas to neighboring states.
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Iran-Iraq gas contract extension outcome of promoted energy diplomacy, says MP
SHANA (Tehran) – The extension of a contract to export Iran’s gas to Iraq is the outcome of promoting energy diplomacy, particularly with neighboring states, said a member of the Parliament’s Energy Committee on Saturday.
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Oil slips as concern eases about Middle East supply risk
Oil slipped for a second day on Tuesday as easing concern about supply risks and a rapidly escalating conflict after Iran's weekend attack on Israel offset data showing China's economy grew faster than expected in the first quarter.
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Kazakhstan to compensate for exceeding OPEC+ quota in March
Kazakhstan will compensate for exceeding its oil production quota under the OPEC+ agreement in March, the country’s Energy Ministry said in a statement on Sunday.
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NPC chief says 12 petrochemical projects will come on stream by mid-March 2025
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) managing director said on Saturday 12 projects will become operational by the end of the Iranian calendar year of 1403 (March 20, 2025).
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China's March crude imports slip 6% but rise slightly in Q1
China's crude oil imports in March fell from high levels a year earlier but remained strong amid a surge in Russian shipments, official data showed on Friday.
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Energy; chance for Iran-Cuba cooperation
Cuba is among countries principally dependent on overseas to supply its energy needs. However, this Latin American nation is endowed with potential offshore oil and gas reserves whose exploration and extraction may, to a large extent, help Cuba meet its energy demand and bring an end to its imports. That is why Cuba has over years embarked on extensive efforts for exploration and drilling, signing contracts with a variety of nations.
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Hydrogen, green and clean energy
As the world gets closer to the 28th Conference of Parties (COP) to be held in the United Arab Emirates, competition amongst renewables in order to stay ahead of the curve intensifies. However, according to latest data and statistics released by International Energy Agency (IEA) on April 2023, energy from hydrogen is ahead compared to all other sources of energy in, as long as the rate of new investments is concerned. Though green hydrogen is still behind solar and wind in absolute term. According to the above-mentioned IEA report, total renewables accounted for 11 percent of total global energy consumption in 2022. Among these renewables: solar, wind, hydroelectric and geothermal energies, hydrogen stood last.
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Transition to New Order in Oil Market?
TEHRAN (Shana) -- The Iranian Petroleum Ministry’s Directorate of OPEC and Int’l Energy Fora has analyzed the oil market to conclude that last year’s developments gave rise to a new tug-of-war, which will soon result in a new balance of forces. In the new order envisaged for the oil market, Western governments will see their monopoly decline on the oil market which would turn into a regional market with a lower level of integration. However, the trans-Atlantic energy market between North America and Europe is projected to show further integration.
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2022 Oil Market Review and 2023 Forecast
TEHRAN (Shana) -- As the international oil market warms up for 2023 let’s take a look at major events that had immense impact on the world oil markets in 2022. The global energy market was just done with Pandemic that hit demand in early 2020 jeopardizing the supply chain most severely. Producing countries need to be praised and acknowledged for the wonderful job of adjusting skillfully with the demand destruction leading to a swift balance in the market. However, early in 2022 the international oil and energy market was confronted with a severe blow when the Russian conflict with Ukraine broke out on 24 February 2022.
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Iran, China Forming Mutual Dependence: Expert
TEHRAN (Shana) -- The head of the Institute of International Energy Studies (IIES) stated that the relations between Iran and China are getting stronger, and said: “The Chinese have always maintained their relationship with our country despite the imposition of sanctions against Iran.”
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18 Processing Units at Abadan Refinery
TEHRAN (Shana) -- Being the first oil refinery in the Middle East set up more than 110 years ago, Abadan oil refinery is considered one of Iran’s refining hubs, but due to the dilapidation of some of its units, its renovation and updating using modern technology is inevitable. For this purpose, replacement and renovation of the refinery was carried out in two stages, the first stage with the construction of a new refining complex of 150,000 b/d as phase 1 in 2005 and the second stage with the construction of a new refining complex with a capacity of 210,000 b/d under the title of Abadan Refinery Capacity Development and Stabilization Plan as Phase 2 started in July 2017 and the first part of it was put into operation in December. Therefore, the final capacity of the refinery was stabilized at 360,000 b/d.
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Petchem value chain completion easy task
Completing the value chain of the petrochemical industry is crucial for Iran. From the standpoint of value creation, it would be possible to enhance national revenue by supplying petrochemical products of high value-added. On the other hand, it would be possible to develop the petrochemical industry to end dependence on imports for supplying domestic needs, which would in turn reduce dependence on crude oil and natural gas sales. The petrochemical projects operated under the 13th administration are all aimed at value chain completion. Implementation of these projects would result in the supply of 21 products in line with the value chain completion. National Petrochemical Company (NPC) expects to accelerate implementation of these projects by engaging holdings and investors.
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Iran, potential key player in oil market
Petroleum industry is a key sector in the Iranian economy. Iran has been trying its best to benefit from its giant hydrocarbon resources to realize its objectives set out in its development plans. Along with sustainable oil and gas production, Iran been instrumental in global energy supply. It may not be eliminated from global energy trading as it continues to play an effective role in this sector.
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SPGC value chain completed
South Pars refineries have processed over 2,030 bcm of natural gas during the past 26 years. South Pars Gas Complex (SPGC) has been supplying more than 75% of Iran’s gas needs, thereby playing an instrumental role in national economy. Ahmad Bahoush, CEO of SPGC, tells “Iran Petroleum” the gas complex plans to sell flare gas.
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Potential for cooperation with CIS
Mehdi Seyedi, acting head of the Ministry of Petroleum’s Europe, Americas and CIS Affairs Division, has said that Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) engineers and specialists have contributed to $200 million commercialization and development of new oil and gas technologies.
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Turkey economy and energy exploration
Turkey has made major energy finds over recent years thanks to exploration technology. It has discovered huge natural gas and crude oil reserves off the North Sea and the East Mediterranean. That can have a significant impact on the Turkish economy because this country, which has been known as an importer of oil and gas, can now transform its internal and external economy. Of course, in the meantime, Turkey is faced with problems and challenges with regard to extracting and exploiting its energy resources.
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Iran seeks to sweeten oil/gas deal terms
The Iranian Ministry of Petroleum has adopted a new plan to sweeten terms of oil and gas contracts. Potential contractors can now file demand for exploration and production (E&P) license to develop oil and gas fields. Until recently, such licenses were granted exclusively to National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), but now qualified E&P companies would be granted license. The advantage with this new policy is that the procedure is reduced and companies receiving such licenses might no longer need to sign any contract. Iran’s deputy minister of petroleum for supervision on hydrocarbon resources, Sajjad Khalili, tells Iran Petroleum E&P license would make the upstream oil sector attractive to potential investors.