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Caspian Sea drilling operations resume after 3-decade halt

TEHRAN, May 09 (MNA) – Iran Oil Minister Mohsen Paknejad ordered the restart of exploratory drilling operations in the shallow waters of the Caspian Sea , deploying the drilling rig of the Northern Drilling Company in the Rudsar structure in Block 18.
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Publish Date:10/May/2025 | 13:32

Iran’s Exports via Caspian Sea Up 20%: Official

Iran’s exports from the Caspian Sea have registered a 20% hike, the chief executive of Caspian Sea Shipping Company said, noting that the company is ready to export 30% of agricultural, horticultural and greenhouse products in the refrigerated form.
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Publish Date:12/March/2024 | 11:27

Discerning the Caspian Water Transfer Project

EghtesadOnline: While officials say water transfer from the Caspian Sea to Semnan Province is the only solution to meet the growing demand of farmers and industries, environmentalists and economic experts insist it is an existential threat to the fragile ecosystem.
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Publish Date:04/February/2021 | 17:12

Northern Sewage Collection Network Is Lagging Behind

EghtesadOnline: An estimated 130 million cubic meters of wastewater is produced by households in the northern Mazandaran Province, of which less than 20 mcm is recycled and the rest flows into the Caspian Sea or seeps in the ground, head of the provincial water and Wastewater Company said.
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Publish Date:18/January/2021 | 15:46

Caspian Sea Sprat Harvest Underway

EghtesadOnline: Caspian Sea sprat (common kilka) harvest has begun in Iran’s northern provinces of Gilan and Mazandaran where fishermen are using 73 vessels to harvest the species.
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Publish Date:19/July/2020 | 15:49

Sturgeon Fishing Ban in Caspian Sea Extended

EghtesadOnline: The Caspian littoral states have decided to extend the ban on fishing sturgeons for commercial purposes until the end of 2020.
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Publish Date:30/December/2019 | 24:56

Caspian Ports Operating at One-Fifth of Capacity

EghtesadOnline: Iranian ports located along the Caspian Sea have the nominal capacity of around 30 million tons, but they are working at about one-fifth of their capacity that is no more than 6 million tons, the managing director of Ports and Maritime Organization of Iran said.
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Publish Date:13/May/2018 | 13:42

Plan to identify ancient ships in Caspian Sea launched

EghtesadOnline: A plan for the identification of ancient ships and trading ports in the Caspian Sea in Guilan Province was launched on Saturday, the Research Institute of Cultural Heritage and Tourism (RICHT) reported.
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Publish Date:26/February/2017 | 24:01

Helicopter crash in Caspian Sea kills 5 on board

EghtesadOnline: The Governor of Behshahr said that all five passengers on board were killed in a National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) helicopter which crashed in the Caspian sea on Sunday.
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Publish Date:27/November/2016 | 18:41

Peaceful in Caspian Sea is a key to regional development; Zarif

EghtesadOnline: Iran believes that transparency, peaceful use of the sea, and avoidance of military forces in relations among the Caspian Sea littoral countries are key to the development of the region, Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif told a conference of the Caspian states in Astana, Kazakhstan.
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Publish Date:16/July/2016 | 06:50

Shrinkage of Caspian Sea Is Not Slowing

EghtesadOnline: The Caspian Sea has been shrinking since 1995 and the trend is not expected to end in the foreseeable future due to a variety of reasons, namely rising temperatures linked to global warming and climate change, head of the National Center for Research and Studies of the Caspian Sea , affiliated to the Energy Ministry Water Research Center (WRC), said.
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Publish Date:09/November/2020 | 14:02

Study Reveals Substantial Caspian Sea Water Loss

EghtesadOnline: Water loss in the earth's largest inland body of water has worsened substantially since 1995 and is expected to continue in the foreseeable future due to rising temperatures associated with climate change, head of the National Center for Research and Studies of the Caspian Sea , affiliated to the Energy Ministry Water Research Center (WRC) said.
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Publish Date:20/May/2020 | 07:08

Decrease in Caspian Water Level

EghtesadOnline: According to latest data from the Water Research Institute, the average water level in the Caspian Sea in the last water year (September 2018-19) dropped by 12 centimeters compared to the previous year.
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Publish Date:18/January/2020 | 13:20

Caspian-Semnan Water Project Draws Criticism

EghtesadOnline: Transferring water from the Caspian Sea to Semnan Province would destroy the pristine nature in the region and convert it to another industrial zone like Yazd and Isfahan that have been grappling with water shortages and associated problems for decades, says an environmental activist and a researcher at the Research Institute for Forests and Rangelands.
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Publish Date:04/December/2019 | 08:46

Caspian Sea Water Transfer Awaiting Pilot Project Result

EghtesadOnline: The proposal to transfer water from the Caspian Sea in the north to the drought-hit central plateau has been approved by the Majlis and the related desalination project is having a pilot run, the energy minister said.
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Publish Date:17/April/2019 | 14:24