Latest Energy News in Iran – Iran’s economy, while diversified, is still heavily influenced by the state of the oil and gas market. Read more about recent news and developments in the sector here.
The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company, NIOC, has said in the thirteenth government, Iran regained part of the oil market share it lost due to sanctions and it is now getting paid for any amount of crude that it sells. Mohsen Khojasteh Mehr added that part of Iran’s oil sales is done by the private sector and that the country’s oil revenues have increased significantly in recent months. He also said all the revenues from the sale of Iranian oil have been received and there are no overdue oil revenues in the 13th government.
Permanent Mission of the Islamic Republic of Iran to the United Nations has reacted to an article published by the Wall Street Journal which argues in favor of American military strikes against Iranian nuclear facilities.
Iran’s Oil Ministry says the country has begun natural gas swap with Turkmenistan and the Azerbaijan Republic as part of a trilateral agreement recently signed between the three sides.
The Iranian oil minister says the country’s natural gas swap with Turkmenistan, to help it export to the Azerbaijan Republic through Iran, will begin from the turn of the year.
The presidents of Iran and Turkmenistan have underlined the need to strengthen border cooperation and facilitate exchange of goods. Seyyed Ebrahim Raisi and Gurbanguly Berdimuhamedow also stressed the necessity of increasing trade cooperation in order to boost bilateral relations.
Iran’s IRNA News Agency says under the country’s budget bill for the next fiscal year starting March 21, 2022, oil exports will be estimated at 1.2 million barrels per day.
A member of the Presiding Board of the Iranian Parliament’s Energy Commission said Iran's oil exports have increased significantly, citing reports from international institutions and oil tanker tracking companies.
Iran’s President Ebrahim Raisi has described relations with Venezuela as strategic during a phone conversation with the country’s president Nicolas Maduro.
The Iranian negotiating team led by Ali Bagheri Kani is in Vienna where talks are scheduled to be held on November 29, 2021 with the remaining signatories to the 2015 Iran nuclear deal known as the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA).
The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company has said efforts are under way to restore Iran’s daily crude output to the pre-sanctions level, that is, 4 million barrels per day.
The 6th edition of Iran's International Renewable Energy Conference and Exhibition (Iran REC 2021) is scheduled to be held on November 20-21 in Tehran.
Iran has become the world’s third-largest producer of natural gas after the United States and Russia despite the harsh US sanctions. Iran has grown steadily over the past two decades in natural gas production, according to the US Energy Information Administration.