Ban-free Iran smashes regional equations

Ever since the victory of the Iranian Revolution in 1979, Tehran’s regional rivals, which happen to be seeking to dominate the global oil market, never relented to tense up their siege of Iran by targeting Iran’s export routs and energy links with the world; but the nuclear deal smashed all…

Iran tops Middle East gas storage ranking

Managing Director of East Oil and Gas Production Company has said Iran has topped the gas storage ranking in the ME with Khorasan’s Shourijeh Storage Facility. Mohammadreza Mehdipour who was providing a report of the storage situation to Razavi Khorasan provincial governor on Thursday, said four storage facilities in Khangiran…

Petroleum Minister: Czech Republic desires to import gas from Iran

Petroleum Minister Bijan Zangeneh on Monday announced interest of Czech Republic to import natural gas from Iran. He made the remarks in a meeting with Czech Republic Minister of Industry and Trade Jan Mladek here on Monday. Zangeneh said that exporting gas to Czech Republic by pipe is not possible…

Slovakia interested in buying Iranian gas: Deputy Minister

Deputy Petroleum Minister for International Affairs and Commerce Amir-Hossein Zamani-Nia said on Tuesday that Slovakia is interested in buying natural gas from Iran as gas exports to Europe is regarded a strategy by both Tehran and the green continent. Speaking to Shana after a meeting with the visiting Slovak Deputy…

Pakistan ready with last part of LNG pipeline link to Iran

Chairman of Pakistan’s Oil and Gas Development Company said that his country is ready to complete the short final pipeline spur that would enable it to import natural gas from Iran once sanctions are lifted. “In the very near future we expect delegations from the two countries to meet,” the…

Pakistan dragging feet on Iran gas pipe

A senior Iranian official has said that Tehran will take action should Pakistan fail to meet its obligations with regard to the construction of a pipeline for receiving Iran’s natural gas. “Iran has taken plenty of measures with regard to gas exports to Pakistan and has already laid out a…

Call for establishing Caspian energy network

Iran can establish an energy trade zone in the Caspian Sea region to export electricity to regional countries instead of natural gas, an energy analyst said. ‘We can import natural gas from Caspian Sea [littoral states] to generate and export electric power,’ Mahmoud Khaqani, a member of the Iranian Association…

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. Kamal Kharrazi, a former foreign…

Iran eyes ambitious gas exports

Iran says that it has set eyes on the removal of the US-led sanctions to bring in the technology it requires to produce more natural gas for exports to as far as India, China and Europe. Azizollah Ramezani, the director for international affairs of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC),…