Environment
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Iran oil minister, HSE managers meet
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s Oil Minister Javad Owji and Health, Safety and the Environment (HSE) top managers hold a nationwide session in Tehran on May 9, 2023.
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Owji at HSE meeting:
Accidents in oil industry down 35% over 15 years
SHANA (Tehran) – Iran’s oil minister on Tuesday said accidents in the oil industry have been reduced 35 percent during the past 15 years.
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National Conference on Diplomacy, Cross-border Environmental Challenges to be held
TEHRAN (Shana) -- The Center for Political and International Studies of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, in cooperation with a number of executive and specialized agencies, including the Ministry of Petroleum, is organizing the first national conference on diplomacy and cross-border environmental challenges.
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How to Realistically Decarbonize the Oil and Gas Industry
TEHRAN (Shana) -- Bjørn Otto Sverdrup leads the Oil and Gas Climate Initiative (OCGI), which gathers the CEOs of twelve of the world's largest oil and gas companies around an ambitious goal: to get one of the leading contributors to climate change to drastically lower their own carbon emissions. He describes a possible path for the industry to pivot to net-zero operations, reimagining the role it could play in helping decarbonize the economy and igniting changes in how we consume energy.
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MOP Invests $5b in Environmental Projects
TEHRAN (Shana) -- The HSE director general of the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum has said that the ministry has invested about $5 billion in environmental projects, mostly in the field of collecting associated petroleum gas.
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Shiraz Petrochemical Plant Receives Certificate for Reducing Carbon Emissions
TEHRAN (Shana) -- Shiraz Petrochemical Company received the highest certificate of reduction of carbon emissions known as CER by eliminating about 800,000 tons of greenhouse gas equivalent to carbon dioxide.
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Refinery Plans to Save Iranian Cheetah in Hormuzgan
TEHRAN (Shana) – Persian Gulf Star Refinery has initiated a scheme aimed at preserving Iranian cheetahs in Geno mountains, Hormuzgan Province, southern Iran.
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Iran Petchem Plants Equipped with Waste Management Systems
TEHRAN (Shana) -- Waste management systems have been installed in all the petrochemical companies operating in the country, an official said.
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NISOC to Collect Flare Gas Burners in 3 Years: CEO
TEHRAN (Shana) -- The CEO of the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) said his company had planned and was required by National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) to gather all the flare stacks in southern oilfields of Iran.