Energy

  • Saudi Aramco’s trading arm will start dealing with non-Saudi crude oil to mainly feed its international joint ventures, as the world’s largest oil exporter seeks to optimize profits, industry…

  • Crude oil production from the giant South Azadegan field near the Iraqi border has increased by 22,000 barrels per day.

    According to the National Iranian Oil Company's news portal, the…

  • In line with efforts to set up a regional power grid, Iran Power Generation, Distribution and Transmission Company, known as Tavanir, is in talks to synchronize Iran's electricity network with…

  • The caretaker energy minister last week outlined an unsurprising uptrend in Iran’s water and electricity use, rendering as insufficient government efforts and public pleas to a population of 80…

  • The French government plans to invest €20 billion ($23.5 billion) in an energy transition plan, including €9 billion toward improved energy efficiency, €7 billion for renewables and €4 billion…

  • The age of persistently weak oil prices is nearing its end, with demand booming and a supply squeeze in the offing, the world's third-largest trading house Trafigura Group announced.

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  • Brent oil prices hovered near 26-month highs on Tuesday, supported by Turkey’s threat to cut crude exports from Iraq’s Kurdistan region and signs of quicker market rebalancing.

  • A consortium of Iranian, Venezuelan and Syrian companies plan to build a crude oil processing facility in Syria, with Iran to play a leading role in the refinery project, the deputy head of the…

  • French oil and gas major Total extended its oil production growth target of 5% per year until 2022 and plans to focus on projects with a low breakeven, while reducing its costs in a market…

  • Oil prices rose on Monday to their highest in eight months after major producers said at a meeting in Vienna the global market was well on its way toward rebalancing.

  • OPEC’s commitment to cutting production to clear a global glut is working, but the group needs to address rising output from Libya and Nigeria, Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said.…

  • Thermal power plants running on fossil fuels to generate power account for 81.1% of Iran's total electricity production capacity, Thermal Power Plants Holding Company's deputy for planning said…

  • Tehran-based Dana Energy Company has signed a memorandum of understanding with the National Iranian Oil Company to study two joint oilfields in the southern Khuzestan Province.

    According…

  • The National Iranian Tanker Company has been accredited with a pair of certificates from DNV GL, an international quality assurance and risk management company, NITC said in a statement on…

  • Iranian officials on Sunday spoke of new investments in the economy and ambitious production targets in a petrochemical industry that is seen as Iran's most profitable sector after oil and gas…

  • Lukoil plans to keep pumping 100 million tons of oil per year between 2018 and 2027 with projects outside Russia, including potential investments in Iranian oilfields, to keep annual investment…

  • Billionaire oilman Harold Hamm said the government was way too optimistic with its prediction of more than 1 million new barrels a day in US production, and the snafu is “distorting" global…

  • Iraq asked on Saturday for assistance in building a nuclear power reactor for peaceful purposes, more than 25 years after the destruction of the reactors it had under the Iraqi dictator, Saddam…

  • Gasoline consumption in the first half of the current fiscal year (started March 21) reached an average of 81.7 million liters per day, an increase of nearly 8% compared with the corresponding…

  • The National Iranian Oil Company is voiding export deals for gas condensates with foreign customers to reduce the sale of the hydrocarbon for use in more profitable industries such as…

  • Operations to construct three 50-megawatt wind power plants in Mil-Nader region in the underdeveloped Sistan-Baluchestan Province in southern Iran commenced on Sunday, the head of the provincial…

  • As the sun sets on Japan’s solar energy boom, companies and investors are rushing into wood-burning biomass projects to lock in still-high government subsidies.

  • Iran's light crude extended its rally to $54 per barrel in the week to September 15 along with a global upturn in oil market. The light grade rose by $1.60 to $54.01 a barrel in the week.

  • Oil prices ended nearly 1% higher on Friday, close to their highest levels in months, as major producers meeting in Vienna said they may wait until January before deciding whether to extend…

  • French Total has expanded its presence in the Gulf of Mexico by closing a farm-in agreement with Chevron for the development of seven prospects covering 16 blocks in the deepwater section of the…