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  • Owji attends NIGC crisis management session

    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).

  • Iran says ‘sabotaged’ pipelines will resume pumping gas overnight

    Iran says ‘sabotaged’ pipelines will resume pumping gas overnight

    SHANA (Tehran) – The dispatching director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said on Wednesday the two gas transmission pipelines exploded in a “terrorist act of sabotage” will operate by midnight local time (2030 GMT) or the wee hours of Thursday.

  • Iran says blasts hit gas pipelines, blames explosions on ‘sabotage’

    Iran says blasts hit gas pipelines, blames explosions on ‘sabotage’

    SHANA (Tehran) – The dispatching director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) said two explosions struck the gas transmission pipeline in western and southern Iran in early Wednesday, blaming the blasts on “sabotage and terrorist act”.

  • Cuban Ambassador thanks MoP for Helping Contain Cuba Oil Fire

    Cuban Ambassador thanks MoP for Helping Contain Cuba Oil Fire

    TEHRAN (Shana) -- The Cuban ambassador in Tehran announced Iran's help in controlling the fire in the Cuba’s oil tanks and appreciated the cooperation of the Iranian Ministry of Petroleum in the operation.