EghtesadOnline: 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 Research Institute of Petroleum Industry said on Tuesday.

EghtesadOnline: Sri Lanka wants to draw on Iranian expertise in offshore drilling following their recent oil exploration and discoveries in the Indian Ocean, said Mansour Bazmi , deputy for the downstream sector at Iran's Research Institute of Petroleum Industry.

EghtesadOnline: Procrastination in concluding new oil and gas contracts with international companies not only poses a setback to the key industry but also provides neighboring states the opportunity to outpace Iran in production from shared hydrocarbon resources, deputy for downstream sector at Iran's Research Institute of Petroleum Industry (RIPI) said.