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Construction of South Pars refinery phase 14

TEHRAN (Shana) -- Phase 14 refinery is the last refinery of the twenty four phases of South Pars Gas Field, which is being constructed on a 170-hectare land in Kangan County, Bushehr province, southern Iran. Construction of the South Pars refinery phase 14 has reached 86% progress and it is expected that the first sweetening train of the refinery will be launched this winter.

182nd Meeting of the OPEC Conference

TEHRAN (SHANA) -- The 182nd Meeting of the OPEC Conference was held via video conference on Wednesday, December 1, 2021 in the presence of the member countries’ oil and energy ministers.

Owji Receives Deputy Prime Minister of Azerbaijan

TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji hosted a meeting with Shahin Mustafayev, Deputy Prime Minister of the Republic of Azerbaijan, on Sunday, November 21, 2021.

Loading 1st Gas Condensate Cargo from Largest SPM in South Pars

TEHRAN (Shana) -- With the first loading of gas condensate from the Single Point Mooring (SPM) of phase 19 of South Pars (the fourth South Pars SPM), this facility joined the country's export terminals in South Pars and thus the export capacity of gas condensate in this field increased by 32%.

23rd GECF Ministerial Meeting

TEHRAN (SHANA) -- The 23rd Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) was held via video conference on Tuesday November 16, 2021, and ended with an agreement on appointing Algeria’s Mohamed Hamel as the new secretary general of the forum.

22nd OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting

TEHRAN (SHANA) -- The 22nd OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting was held via video conference on Thursday, November 4, 2021 and ended with a compromise on keeping the existing production plan in place and add 400,000 bpd to their crude oil output for December.

3rd Iran-Germany Energy Woking Committee

Owji Receives Turkmen FM

TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji hosted a meeting with a Turkmen delegation headed by Rashi Muradov, Turkmen Minister of Foreign Affairs, in Tehran on Tuesday, October 26, 2021.

Goreh-Jask Pipeline Firsts

Venezuelan FM meets with Owji

TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji received visiting Venezuelan Foreign Minister Felix Plasencia Gonzalez and his entourage at the Ministry of Petroleum headquarters.

21st OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting

TEHRAN (Shana) -- The 21st OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, known as OPEC+, was held via video conference on Monday, October 4, 2021 and ended with a compromise on an increase of crude oil output by 400,000 bpd for November.

Owji Visits Gachsaran Petchem Project

YASOUJ (Shana) -- Javad Owji, Minister of Petroleum of the 13th administration, arrived in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad Province this morning (Friday, October 1) along with President Seyed Ibrahim Raisi, on the sidelines of a one-day trip to start the Chamshir Dam construction project. He then visited the ongoing project of Gachsaran Petrochemical Plant and Sarbisheh Gachsaran Industrial Development.

Russian Ambassador meets with Owji

TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji received the Ambassador of the Russian Federation in Tehran, Levan Dzhagaryan, in his Tehran office on Tuesday, September 28, 2021.

Sri Lankan Energy Minister Visits Darvazeh Dowlat Petroleum Museum

TEHRAN (Shana) -- The visiting Sri Lankan Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila paid a visit to the petroleum museum in Darvazeh Dowlat, Tehran, on Sunday, September 26.

Owji Meets with Sri Lankan Energy Minister

TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji met with Sri Lankan Energy Minister Udaya Gammanpila on Sunday, September 26, to discuss Tehran-Colombo energy cooperation.

Owji Visits Ilam Gas, Petrochemical Refinery

ILAM (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji, following his one-day visit to Ilam Province, went to the Ilam gas refinery and was informed about the current status and development plans for this industrial unit.

Minister Visits Azar Oilfield Development Project

ILAM (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji paid a visit to the Azar oil field development project in Ilam Province, western Iran.

Minister of Petroleum Receives Sinopec Officials

TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji met with Zhong Guidong, President of Sinopec Iran Branch, in Tehran this morning (September 21).

Owji Visits Khuzestan

TEHRAN (Shana) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Javad Owji paid a visit to Iran’s energy capital, the southwesnter province of Khuzestan on Friday, September 17, 2021.

Goreh-Jask National Pipeline Project

2nd Day of Owji Visit to Assaluyeh

TEHRAN (Shana) -- Javad Owji, Iranian Minister of Petroleum, arrived in Assaluyeh on Thursday evening (September 2) with the aim of learning about the progress of activities in various South Pars phases.

1st day of visit of the Minister of Petroleum to Assaluyeh

TEHRAN (Shana) -- Javad Owji, Iranian Minister of Petroleum, arrived in Assaluyeh on Thursday evening (September 2) with the aim of learning about the progress of activities in various South Pars phases. After attending the tomb of the anonymous martyrs of Assaluyeh, he put on the agenda the review of gas and petrochemical projects based in Assaluyeh in a meeting with the relevant managers in the Pars Special Economic Energy Zone.

20th OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting

TEHRAN (Shana) -- The 20th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, known as OPEC+, was held via video conference on Wednesday, September 1, 2021 and ended with a consensus on continuing with the current gradual increase of crude oil output by 400,000 bpd for October.

Zangeneh Meets with OPEC Secretary General

TEHRAN (Shana) –Today (Friday, August 6), Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh led a delegation to meet with Mohammad Sanusi Barkindo, Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), and his accompanying delegation.

19th OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting

TEHRAN (Shana) -- The 19th OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting, known as OPEC+, was held on Sunday, July 18, 2021 and ended with a compromise on increasing crude oil output by 400,000 bpd per month, starting from August 2021 to December 2022.

18th OPEC+ Meeting

TEHRAN (Shana) -- The 18th OPEC and non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting ended on Friday without any conclusions and member countries will reconvene on Monday, July 5, to decide on gradual increase of crude oil output.

181st Ordinary Meeting of OPEC Conference

TEHRAN (Shana) -- The 181st Ordinary Meeting of the OPEC Conference was held on Thursday, July 1, via video conference in presence of oil and energy ministers of the member countries.

World Oil Reserves

Pre-startup of Isfahan Refinery Diesel Production Plan

ISFAHAN (Shana) --- The strategic plan to improve the process and quality of diesel fuel production of the Isfahan refinery with an investment of 540 million Euros and 37,000 billion Rials, has entered the pre-startup phase with the aim of reducing sulfur content of the diesel produced in the facility to below 50 ppm and finally supplying 20 million liters of Euro-5 diesel.