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Top petrochemical officials meet to realize New Year’s slogan
SHANA (Tehran) – The top officials of Iran’s petrochemical sector hold a meeting in Tehran on April 7, 2024 to help realize the slogan of 1403 solar year (starting March 20, 2024): “Surge in Production Through People’s Participation”.
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Iran’s oil minister attends Quds Day rally
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji takes part in the International Quds Day rally in Tehran on the last Friday of the fasting month of Ramadan (April 5, 2024) to express solidarity with Palestinians and condemn Israeli crimes.
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Iran’s oil minister, Turkish energy minister meet
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji and Turkish Minister of Energy and Natural Resources Alparsalan Bayraktar hold talks on cooperation and gas exports to Türkiye in Tehran on April 4, 2024.
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If oil disappeared tomorrow….
If oil disappeared tomorrow, there would be no more jet fuel, gasoline or diesel. Internal combustion engine automobiles, buses, trucks, lorries and coaches would be stranded. Airplanes powered by jet fuel would be grounded. Freight and passenger rail powered by diesel would halt. People could not get to work; children could not get to school. The shipping industry, transporting both freight and passengers, would be devastated.
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Signing ceremony of $13b contracts for development of six oil fields
SHANA (Tehran) – The signing ceremony of contracts – worth $13 billion – for development of six oil fields and production of 400,000 barrels more is held in the presence of Iran’s First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber and Oil Minister Javad Owji at the National Iranian Oil Company’s Kushk Hall Center in Tehran on March 17, 2024.
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GECF launches new edition of Global Gas Outlook
The Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) officially launches the new edition of its annual flagship publication, the Global Gas Outlook (GGO), on 12 March 2024 in the GECF Secretariat via video conference.
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Signing ceremony of contracts for South Pars gas field pressure-boosting project
SHANA (Tehran) – Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) and several Iranian companies signed contracts in the presence of Oil Minister Javad Owji and National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Managing Director Mohsen Khojastehmehr in Tehran on March 10, 2024 to carry out a pressure-boosting project in the joint South Pars (SP) gas field in the Persian Gulf.
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Iran’s first Catalyst Innovation and Technology Center inaugurated
SHANA (Tehran) – The first Catalyst Innovation and Technology Center of Iran is inaugurated in the presence of Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Morteza Shahmirzaei in the Sarvino Innovation and Technology Center in Tehran on March 10, 2024.
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Sepehr, Jofeir oil fields become operational officially
SHANA (Ahvaz) – A ceremony to inaugurate Sepehr and Jofeir oil fields officially is attended by Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi and Oil Minister Javad Owji in southwestern province of Khuzestan on March 8, 2024.
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Owji inspects Yaran, Yadavaran oil fields’ development operations
SHANA (Ahvaz) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji closely observes the progress of the second phase of the Yaran joint oil field and the development operations of the Yadavaran oil field in southwestern province of Khuzestan on March 8, 2024.
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Meeting of Iran’s oil minister, Uzbekistan’s energy minister
SHANA (Tehran) – Oil Minister Javad Owji and Uzbekistan’s Minister of Energy Jurabek Mirzamakhmudov hold talks on bilateral cooperation in Tehran on March 5, 2024.
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Meeting of high-ranking Iranian, Algerian delegations
SHANA (Algiers) – The meeting between Iran and Algeria’s high-ranking delegations and press conference of the two countries’ presidents are held on the sidelines of the 7th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit of Heads of State and Government in the Algerian capital Algiers on March 3, 2024.
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7th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit of Heads of State and Government
SHANA (Algiers) – The 7th Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) Summit of Heads of State and Government is held in the presence of Iran’s President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi and his counterparts from the GECF member states in the Algerian capital Algiers on March 2, 2024.
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17th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission concluded with 19 cooperation documents
SHANA (Tehran) – Tehran and Moscow sign 19 cooperation documents during the closing ceremony of the 17th Joint Economic Commission between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation in the presence of Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji and Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak, the commission cochairs, in Tehran on February 28, 2024.
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Owji, Novak attends 17th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission meeting
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji and Russia’s Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak attend a meeting of the 17th Joint Economic Commission between the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Russian Federation in Tehran on February 28, 2024.
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Second day of expert meetings of 17th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission in Tehran
SHANA (Tehran) – Expert meetings of the 17th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission are held for the second day at the National Iranian Oil Company's Kushk Hall Center in Tehran on February 27, 2024.
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Oil minister’s visit to Monitoring Center of NIOC
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji pays a visit to the Monitoring Center of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) in Tehran on February 26, 2024 following a surge in the natural gas consumption during the cold spell.
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Expert meetings of 17th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission in Tehran
SHANA (Tehran) – Expert meetings of the 17th Iran-Russia Joint Economic Commission start at the National Iranian Oil Company's Kushk Hall Center in Tehran on February 26, 2024.
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First Conference of Legal Council of Oil Industry
SHANA (Tehran) – The First Conference of Legal Council of Oil Industry aimed at enhancing synergy between legal managers of the Oil Ministry is hosted by the Legal Affairs Management Department of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and attended by Vice President for Legal Affairs Mohammad Dehqan, NIOC Managing Director Mohsen Khojastehmehr, and legal managers of the Oil Ministry’s affiliated companies at NIOC's Kushk Hall Center in Tehran on February 19, 2024.
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Repair work of gas pipelines damaged in terrorist attack in southern Iran
SHANA (Safa-Shahr) – The 56" Iran Gas Trunkline IV and VIII (IGAT-4 and IGAT-8) pipelines damaged in a terrorist attack in Safa-Shahr, Iran’s southern province of Fars, at around 1 a.m. local time on Wednesday (2130 GMT) undergo repairs.
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Owji attends NIGC crisis management session
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji, National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Managing Director Majid Chegeni, National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Managing Director Mohsen Khojastehmehr, and other officials attend a crisis management session held at the Dispatching Department of NIGC in Tehran on February 14, 2024 after two explosions struck the gas transmission pipelines in Borujen, western province of Chaharmahal and Bakhtiari, and Safa-Shahr, southern province of Fars, at around 1 a.m. local time on Wednesday (2130 GMT).
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Owji’s visit to ‘Narrative of Progress’ exhibition
SHANA (Mashhad) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji pays a visit to an exhibition dubbed the “Narrative of Progress” displaying the latest achievements of the oil industry in the northeastern city of Mashhad on February 8, 2024.
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Official inauguration ceremony of SP Phase 16 pipeline
SHANA (Assaluyeh) – The official inauguration ceremony of the new pipeline of Phase 16 of the South Pars (SP) gas field is held in the presence of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC) Managing Director Mohammad Hossein Motejalli, the Iranian Offshore Engineering and Construction Company (IOEC) Managing Director Hossein Shiva in Assaluyeh, southern province of Bushehr, on February 6, 2024 by the order of Oil Minister Javad Owji issues via videoconference.
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Oil minister’s visit to Khuzestan Province
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji pays a visit to the southwestern province of Khuzestan to inaugurate several projects.
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Leader visits Iran’s homegrown products exhibition
SHANA (Tehran) – Leader of the Islamic Revolution Ayatollah Seyyed Ali Khamenei pays a visit to an exhibition displaying Iran’s homegrown products and knowledge-based companies’ capabilities in 40 booths at the Imam Khomeini Husseiniyeh in Tehran on January 29, 2024.
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Owji’s visit to NIGC’s Dispatching Department
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji pays a visit to the Dispatching Department of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) in Tehran on January 27, 2024 as cold spell and precipitation drive up demand for natural gas for heating.
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Ceremony to celebrate 50th anniversary of Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company
SHANA (Mahshahr) – A ceremony to celebrate the 50th anniversary of Bandar Imam Petrochemical Company (BIPC) is held in the presence of Morteza Shahmirzaei, the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) managing director, and other officials in Mahshahr, a city in Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan, on January 16, 2024.
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International Hydrogen Event
SHANA (Tehran) – The International Hydrogen Event is held in the presence of Iran’s Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade Abbas Aliabadi and a number of deputy oil ministers in Tehran on January 16, 2024.
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14th Khuzestan Specialized Exhibition of Petroleum Industry Equipment Manufacturing
SHANA (Ahvaz) – The four-day 14th Khuzestan Specialized Exhibition of Petroleum Industry Equipment Manufacturing kicks off in Ahvaz, the capital city of Iran’s southwestern province of Khuzestan, on January 14, 2024.