Natural Gas

Iran’s oil minister says the Islamic Republic is a country which cannot be ignored on the global energy market.

While Iranian officials maintain that it is unlikely the Turkmenistan–Afghanistan–Pakistan–India (TAPI) pipeline project becomes operational, Saudi Arabia has pledged to provide its investment and Taliban militants vowed to secure it.

Iran is counting down to overtake its arch-rival Saudi Arabia when it comes to the production and sale of petrochemical products.

Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif and Pakistani Prime Minister Shahid Khaqan Abbasi have held talks on the controversial issue of Iran-Pakistan gas pipeline.

Head of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) says Iran has ended free gas exports to Turkey after clearing its debts to the country.

Iran’s Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says Pakistan is not cooperating on the construction of a much-delayed pipeline to pump natural gas to the country.

Tehran is to lodge complaints with the International Court of Justice over the quality and price of Turkmenistan's natural gas supplies to Iran.

A senior Iranian oil and gas official say Russia is in talks with the Islamic Republic for development of 10 oil and gas fields in Iran.

An Iranian woman has been appointed for the first time as the manager of a major gas field development project in the country.

A top Iranian official says talks are underway with India and Russia’s Gazprom on the development of an Iranian gas field.

Iran’s petroleum minister has called on well-known foreign energy firms to make investment in projects to explore and extract oil resources in Caspian Sea, north of Iran.

An Iranian MP says the country will no longer need to import natural gas from its northern neighbour Turkmenistan.

Iraq says it needs to import natural gas from Iran to operate its power plants within the next seven years.

The $4.8bn gas deal between Iran and a consortium led by the French energy giant Total over the development of Iran’s South Pars Gas Field has remained a top story in the Iranian media ten days after the signing ceremony.

Iran’s oil minister has criticized a number of lawmakers for their opposition to a recent gas deal between Iran and the French energy giant Total.

There is nothing confidential to the parliament about a recent deal Iran has signed with France’s Total, spokesman for the administration said, recommending the MPs seeking suspension of the deal to bear in mind a law binding the administration to attraction of foreign investment.

A multi-billion-dollar gas deal signed between Iran and French energy giant Total for the development of Phase 11 of South Pars Gas Field has sparked mixed reactions in Iran.

Iranian President Hassan Rouhani says a multi-billion-dollar gas deal signed between Iran and French energy giant, Total, will facilitate the “transfer of technological, scientific and managerial experience” between Iran and France.

While the French oil giant Total just signed a huge gas deal with Iran, American companies are deprived of Iran’s lucrative oil and gas market due to the restrictions imposed by the US administration.

The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and the French oil giant Total have signed a contract for the development and production of phase 11 of South Pars (SP11), the world's largest gas field.

Iran plans to sign a contract to develop its giant South Pars Gas Field with France's Total on Monday, the first major European energy investment since sanctions against Tehran were lifted over a year ago, an Iranian Oil Ministry official said on Sunday.

Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh said a long-delayed gas deal between Tehran and French oil major Total is expected to be signed soon.

Iran’s free gas export to Turkey has given rise to a considerable controversy in the country with some calling it a great loss inflicted on the national treasury for which the incumbent government is to blame, and some saying that Ankara has already paid for the gas it is receiving from Tehran for free.

An Iranian presidential contender harshly criticized a controversial deal on selling natural gas to an Emirati company, and promised not to give away a single dollar on an open legal case concerning the contract.

The Iran International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical Exhibition, known as Iran Oil Show 2017, was kicked off on Saturday at the city's permanent fairground.