EghtesadOnline: Iran is planning to increase the amount of gas it extracts from the South Pars Gas Field to the same level extracted by Qatar during the next Iranian calendar year, Vice President for Executive Affairs Mohammad Shariatmadari said.

EghtesadOnline: Deputy Minister of Petroleum and Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Company Ali Kardor said on Saturday that the NIOC is ready to entrust projects for development of the small and mid-sized oil and gas fields to qualified Iranian companies under certain conditions.

EghtesadOnline: Russia said its biggest private oil firm Lukoil is considering participating in the development of two oil fields in Iran.