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NIGC, Presidential Science Department sign cooperation agreement
SHANA (Tehran) – The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) and the Presidential Department of Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy sign an agreement in the presence of Majid Chegeni, the NIGC managing director, and Rouhollah Dehqani Firouzabadi, the department chief, in Tehran on December 7, 2023 to cooperate in the field of indigenization of strategic gas equipment.
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Signing ceremony of contract on land allocated to Shahid Soleimani Refinery-Integrated Petrochemical Plant
SHANA (Tehran) – A contract on a 450-hectare land allocated to the Shahid Soleimani Refinery-Integrated Petrochemical Plant is signed by the Iranian Mines and Mining Industries Development and Renovation Organization (IMIDRO) and the Shahid Soleimani Refinery-Integrated Petrochemical Company during a ceremony attended by Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company (NIORDC) Jalil Salari and Deputy Minister of Industry, Mine and Trade and Managing Director of IMIDRO Mohammadreza Movassaqinia in Tehran on January 6, 2024.
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NPC head's visit to Mokran Petrochemical Town
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Managing Director Morteza Shahmirzaei, accompanied by journalists, pays a visit to Mokran Petrochemical Town in Chabahar, southeastern province of Sistan and Baluchestan, on December 27, 2023.
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Iran, Iraq oil ministers discuss cooperation
SHANA (Tehran) – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji and his Iraqi counterpart Hayan Abdel-Ghani hold talks on bilateral cooperation at the National Iranian Oil Company's Kushk Hall Center in Tehran on December 27, 2023.
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Owji-Moncada meeting on Iran-Nicaragua ties
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji and Nicaraguan Foreign Minister Denis Moncada hold talks on bilateral relations and cooperation in the petroleum industry in Tehran on December 25, 2023.
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Golestan’s Bassirabad gas pressure reduction station officially launched
SHANA (Gorgan) – Bassirabad gas pressure reduction station in Iran’s northeastern province of Golestan is officially launched in the presence of Oil Minister Javad Owji on December 21, 2023.
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Oil minister pays visit to Ziyar gas field drilling rig
SHANA (Gorgan) – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji pays a visit to the drilling rig of the Ziyar gas field in Gomishan, a town in the northeastern province of Golestan, on December 21, 2023.
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Golestan petchem project operations resume
SHANA (Gorgan) – The executive operations of a urea and ammonia project suspended for years in Golestan Province, northeastern Iran, resume on Oil Minister Javad Owji’s orders during his provincial visit on December 21, 2023.
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2nd Petro Tech exhibition
The 2nd Exhibition of Technology Management and Increasing Knowledge-based Production in Value Chain of Petroleum Industry dubbed Petro Tech is underway at the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) in Tehran and is open until December 21, 2023.
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Specialized sessions of 2nd Petro Tech conference
SHANA (Tehran) – The specialized sessions of the first day of the 2nd Conference of Technology Management and Increasing Knowledge-based Production in Value Chain of Petroleum Industry dubbed Petro Tech are held at the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) in Tehran on December 19, 2023.
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Opening ceremony of 2nd Petro Tech conference’s side exhibition
SHANA (Tehran) – The 2nd Exhibition of Technology Management and Increasing Knowledge-based Production in Value Chain of Petroleum Industry dubbed Petro Tech opens concurrent with the Research Week in the presence of Vahid-Reza Zeidifard, the deputy oil minister for engineering, research and technology, Mohsen Khojastehmehr, the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) managing director, Majid Chegeni, the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) managing director, Morteza Shahmirzaei, the National Petrochemical Company (NPC) managing director, and a number of senior managers at the Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) in Tehran on December 19, 2023.
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2nd Petro Tech conference and exhibition opening ceremony
SHANA (Tehran) – The 2nd Exhibition and Conference of Technology Management and Increasing Knowledge-based Production in Value Chain of Petroleum Industry dubbed Petro Tech opens concurrent with the Research Week through collaboration of technology and innovation ecosystem centers and contribution of the Oil Ministry’s Department of Engineering, Research and Technology, PetroPark, and the four main companies of the Oil Ministry in Tehran on December 19, 2023.
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Owji visits Tehran gas stations following disruption
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji visits some gas stations in Tehran after a software problem disrupts services across the country on December 18, 2023.
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Chegeni addresses Annual Meeting of Russian Gas Society
SHANA (Tehran) – National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Managing Director Majid Chegeni delivers a speech in the Annual Meeting of the Russian Gas Society via videoconference on December 15, 2023, saying Iran is ready for promoting technological cooperation in gas industry with Russia.
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187th Meeting of OPEC Conference, 36th ONOMM held virtually
SHANA (Tehran) – The 187th Meeting of OPEC Conference and the 36th OPEC and Non-OPEC Ministerial Meeting (ONOMM) are held via videoconference on November 30, 2023.
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Oil Ministry’s performance
SHANA (Tehran) – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji gives President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi a report on the Oil Ministry’s performance since late August 2021 during the president’s visit to the ministry in Tehran on November 20, 2023.
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Raeisi pays visit to Oil Ministry
SHANA (Tehran) – Iranian President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi pays a visit to the Oil Ministry and holds talks with Oil Minister Javad Owji and other top officials on the ministry’s performance and plans in Tehran on November 20, 2023.
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Iran-Iraq energy talks
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji and Iraqi Minister of Electricity Ziyad Ali Fazel hold talks on the two neighboring states’ energy relations, particularly bilateral cooperation in the oil and gas industry in Tehran on November 15, 2023.
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MoU on AI center setup, oil, gas fields digitalization inked
SHANA (Tehran) – The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and the Presidential Department of Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) to set up a strategic artificial intelligence (AI) center to digitalize 15 oil and gas fields and a contract to master the technology for drilling long multilateral horizontal wells by using homegrown rotary steerable systems (RSS) in the presence of NIOC Managing Director Mohsen Khojastehmehr and department chief Rouhollah Dehqan Firouzabadi in Tehran on November 14, 2023.
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Iran's FPSO vessel in Persian Gulf
SHANA (Persian Gulf) – The Iranian Offshore Oil Company’s floating production storage and offloading (FPSO) unit named “Cyrus” operates adjacent to a terminal installed over an oil layer in the South Pars gas field in the Persian Gulf. IOOC’s FPSO processes and stores oil extracted from the layer by a wellhead platform and transferred to the floating facility. The vessel has a storage capacity of 730,000 barrels of oil.
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Iran’s first VP, oil minister depart for Kyrgyzstan to attend SCO meeting
SHANA (Tehran) – Iranian First Vice President Mohammad Mokhber and Oil Minister Javad Owji leave for Kyrgyzstan’s capital Bishkek on October 25, 2023 to attend the 22nd Meeting of the Council of Heads of Government of the Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO) Member States.
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First Congress of Safety Process in the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries
SHANA (Tehran) – The First Congress of Safety Process in the Oil, Gas and Petrochemical Industries is held in the presence of Iran’s National Petrochemical Company (NPC) Managing Director Morteza Shahmirzaei at the National Iranian Oil Company's Kushk Hall Center in Tehran on October 15, 2023.
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Iran’s deputy oil minister, Iraqi delegation discuss human resources training
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Deputy Oil Minister for Management and Human Resources Development Mehdi Ali-Madadi and an Iraqi delegation meet in Tehran on October 15, 2023 and agree to hold training courses for Iraq’s oil staff.
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Refining project inaugurated in SW Iran
SHANA (Mohr) – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji inaugurates the first phase of a refining project in Mohr, a county in southwestern province of Fars on October 13, 2023.
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Russian Energy Week International Forum
SHANA (Moscow) – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji attends a specialized session of the 6th Russian Energy Week International Forum in Moscow on October 12, 2023 and Iran’s Institute for International Energy Studies (IIES) and Russia’s Roscongress Foundation sign a memorandum of understanding on bilateral cooperation.
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Iranian oil minister’s visit to Moscow
SHANA (Moscow) – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji pays a visit to Moscow to attend the 6th Russian Energy Week International Forum and hold talks on the expansion of bilateral talks. Owji meets Russian Deputy Prime Minister Alexander Novak and Russian energy giant Gazprom CEO Alexei Miller on October 11, 2023.
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Owji welcomed by Iran’s ambassador to Moscow ahead of Russian Energy Week International Forum
SHANA (Moscow) – Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji is welcomed by Iranian Ambassador to Moscow Kazem Jalali at the Sheremetyevo International Airport in Moscow, the capital city hosting the 6th Russian Energy Week International Forum.
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Meeting between Iranian oil minister, Belarusian industry minister
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji and Belarusian Minister of Industry Rogozhnik Alexander Nikolaevich hold talks in Tehran on October 10, 2023.
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SP Phase 14 refinery inauguration
SHANA (Tehran) – The South Pars (SP) Phase 14 refinery, the 13th and last onshore refinery of the giant gas field, southern Iran, has become operational.
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Isfahan Refinery’s DHT Unit inauguration ceremony
SHANA (Isfahan) – The environmental project of Isfahan Refinery’s Diesel Hydrotreating (DHT) Unit is inaugurated in Isfahan, central Iran, during a ceremony attended by President Seyyed Ebrahim Raeisi and Oil Minister Javad Owji on September 29, 2023.