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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.

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.

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).

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.

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.

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.

Promotion of energy diplomacy under 13th administration

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Opening ceremony of 14th Khuzestan Specialized Exhibition of Petroleum Industry Equipment Manufacturing

SHANA (Ahvaz) – The opening ceremony of the 14th Khuzestan Specialized Exhibition of Petroleum Industry Equipment Manufacturing is held in the presence of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) Managing Director Mohsen Khojastehmehr in Ahvaz, the capital city of southwestern province of Khuzestan, on January 14, 2024.

National Conference on Production Growth and Inflation Control with Governance Model and Roadmap

SHANA (Tehran) – The National Conference on Production Growth, Inflation Control with Governance Model and Roadmap for Having Knowledge-Based Big Industries by Taking Opportunities to Produce National Brands to Compete at Regional Level is held in the presence of Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji, Chief Economic Officer of the Leader's Office Ali Aqa-Mohammadi, Vice President for Science, Technology and Knowledge-Based Economy Rouhollah Dehqani Firouzabadi, and Tehran's interim Friday prayers leader Hojjatoleslam Mohammad Hassan Abu-Torabifard at the National Iranian Oil Company's Kushk Hall Center in Tehran on January 11, 2024.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.