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New Generation of Filling Stations Set Up in Tehran
Tehran Municipality and the Iranian Oil Ministry have set up self-service filling stations for the first time in the Iranian capital of Tehran.
Turkmenistan Inks Last-Minute Gas Deal with Iran
Turkmenistan managed to avert the loss of one of its only two buyers of natural gas with some desperate, last-gasp negotiations, media reports said.
Minister: Iran’s Gas Extraction from Joint Field to Be on Par with Qatar
Iran’s oil minister said completion of new development phases at the South Pars gas field will help the country to raise extraction of gas from the joint offshore field to a level equal to that of Qatar by next March.
Producing Oil and Gas out of Algae in 20 Minutes
Iranian researchers invented a device that turns algae into petroleum in just 20 minutes.
Iran Self-Sufficient in Gas Industry: Minister
Minister of Industries, Mines and Trade Mohammad-Reza Nematzadeh said on Monday, August 1, that the Iranian gas industry is now fully indigenous as the majority of its equipment is made inside the country.
CNG Supplies Earmarked for Chabahar Power Plant: NIGC
Managing Director of National Iranian Gas Company Hamid-Reza Araqi said the NIGC will supply Chabahar Power Plant with compressed natural gas (CNG).
Indonesia Signs LPG Import Deal with Iran
Indonesia inked a deal with Iran for purchase of 80,000 metric tons of Liquefied Petroleum Gas (LPG) from Iran.
Gas Condensate Output Up 35% in March-April
Iranian refineries’ gas condensate output rose by 35% in the Iranian month of Farvardin (March 20-April 19).
Iran set to take over Qatar in gas output from shared field
Iran said on Friday that it will take over Qatar in production of natural gas from a key field that both share as it expects a significant rise in production from the field before March 2017.
Iran Poised to Catch Up with Qatar Gas Production by March 2017
Iran says its gas recovery from the supergiant South Pars gas field will catch up with that of Qatar before the end of the current Iranian calendar year which began on March 20.
Undersea pipeline to take Iran gas to India: Report
The Indian government is reportedly determined to seal a deal with Tehran on laying a direct undersea gas pipeline from Iran to India.
Doha to Dump Gas in India
The price war, along with the share of the global oil market which has caused the current oil price slump, is now affecting the...
195 companies take part in 12th Kish Intl. Energy Exhibition
Official in charge of the 12th edition of Kish International Energy Exhibition, dubbed Kish ENEX 2016, says a total of 195 companies from Iran and other countries have taken part in this year’s exposition.
Iran opens $6 billion gas operations
Iran brings online two more operations in its biggest gas field, marking the opening of the first such project all carried out by domestic entities in the face of Western sanctions.
Iran to switch from gas to power exports
As Iran is preparing for the removal of sanctions and the openings that it will create in various sectors, fresh debates are emerging in the country over the need to devise more efficient energy policies – what is expected to help the country’s economic growth.
Iran, India mulling $4.5bn undersea gas pipeline
Iran-India undersea gas pipeline is planned to be built within two years following the necessary approvals and after a gas sale and purchase agreement is signed, managing director of National Iranian Gas Export Company says.
GECF urges cooperation over market issues
The GECF declaration also highlighted the need for member states to work together over the security of natural gas supplies to the markets worldwide.
Rouhani: Coordination among GECF members main goal of Tehran summit
Virtually 70 percent of the world’s gas reserves belong to the member states of the summit and these countries can have effects on important international issues, especially on energy-related issues, President Rouhani said.
Adeli again picked as GECF secretary-general
The GECF also picked Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh as deputy chairman and Qatar’s Minister of Energy and Industry Mohammed Saleh Al Sada as chairman of the Forum.
Nine heads of state to attend Tehran gas summit: Oil minister
Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said that member of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum are mature enough to have cooperation in tandem with competition.
Austria’s OMV to help double Iran’s oil, gas output
Iran says it plans to use the help of Austrian energy giant OMV to increase production at its oil and gas reservoirs.
Pakistan will honor undertaking to lay gas pipelines on its side
Islamabad has said that it will fulfill its undertaking to lay gas pipelines on Pakistan soil, adding that gas imports from Iran will begin as of late 2016 or early 2017.
Iran starts laying new gasline to Iraq
The construction of the first pipeline which goes to Baghdad is almost complete and is to start carrying gas to the country by May, 2015.
Iranian parliament Committee to study Iran-Pakistan gas project delay
An Iranian MP did not rule out the possibility of a contractual penalty delay on Pakistan after it failed to honor its obligations under a joint gas pipeline project with Iran.
Iran raises daily gas output by 70m cubic meters
Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has said that Iran's gas output has surpassed 70 million cubic meters and is estimated to reach 100 million by year-end.