Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
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Zanganeh Calls for Extraordinary OPEC Meeting Over Production Changes
EghtesadOnline: Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said OPEC may need to hold an extraordinary meeting, if the organization of oil producers fails to prevent member countries from adjusting…
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Senior Oil Managers to Serve for Max. 4 Years
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh is imposing four-year term limits on all top oil managers at state-run energy companies, with the rule taking effect in October.
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Zanganeh: No Trial & Error in Oil Industry
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said the maximum use of Iranian manufacturers' capacity is a top priority, but the key sector "is not a place for trial and error".
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Zanganeh, Novak Discuss Energy Coop. in Moscow
EghtesadOnline: Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh met his Russian counterpart, Alexander Novak, in Moscow on Monday.
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Zanganeh: OPEC Members Not Allowed to Pump Above Target
EghtesadOnline: Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh in a letter told his Saudi Arabian counterpart that last month’s OPEC supply pact does not give member countries the right to raise oil…
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Zanganeh: Oil Output to Rise by 460m Barrels in Three Years
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Saturday plans have been devised to lift the country's output capacity by 460 million barrels within three years by recovering the extraction…
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Iran Petrochem Revenue Averages $20 Billion Per Year
EghtesadOnline: Iran's annual petrochemical revenue has averaged $20 billion in the last five years, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said.
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Zanganeh Ties South Pars Gas Output to Investment, Technology
EghtesadOnline: Iran needs over $40 billion in investment to prevent natural gas pressure from dipping in the giant South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf by 2023, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar…
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Zanganeh: Iran Oil Production, Exports Surge in 10 Months
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Sunday the country's oil output has increased by 165,000 barrels per day in the last 10 months compared with the corresponding period…
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TAPI Unlikely to Challenge Iran-Pak Pipeline Project
EghtesadOnline: Turkmenistan-Afghanistan-Pakistan-India gas pipeline project is unlikely to pose a challenge to a postponed plan to export Iran's natural gas to Pakistan, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar…
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Iran Ready to File ICA Case in Gas Row With Turkmenistan
EghtesadOnline: Tehran is ready to file a case with the International Court of Arbitration over the quality and price of gas it receives from Turkmenistan, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh…
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Iran in Talks to Lift Oil Output Capacity by 1.7 mbpd
EghtesadOnline: Talks are underway with international companies over a string of oil projects that could lift oil output capacity by 1.7 million barrels per day, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh…
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Launch of 5 South Pars Phases Planned by March 2019
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has announced that five phases of the South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf will go on stream in the next fiscal year (starting March 21).
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Zanganeh Bemoans Financial Constraints on Oil, Gas Projects
EghtesadOnline: Iran's energy industry has been on an upward path since the lifting of sanctions, but financial constraints could keep in check some of the country's biggest oil and gas development…
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Total's Gas Deal With SP Going Ahead Without Delay
EghtesadOnline: Iran's landmark gas deal with French energy firm Total is moving ahead, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said in a statement, lending confidence to the country's biggest energy…
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Cash Crunch Hampering Domestic Oil, Gas Firms
EghtesadOnline: Financial constraint is keeping Iran's petroleum industry from using the potential of domestic companies, pushing the government to look overseas to fund oil and gas projects,…
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Zanganeh Invites China Private Investors
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh called on China's private sector on Tuesday to invest in Iran's oil industry.
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Iran's Largest Joint Oil Field to Be Tendered by Summer 2018
EghtesadOnline: Iran will finalize a deal for Azadegan Oilfield, the crown jewel of its shared oil deposits, by the summer of 2018, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said.
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Gasoline Imports Will Continue for Now
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says as long as the second development phase of the Persian Gulf Star Refinery, Iran's largest gas condensate processing facility, is not in…
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OPEC Does Not Want Brent Over $60
EghtesadOnline: OPEC members do not want Brent oil to rise above $60 a barrel because higher prices could bring more supply from shale output, Iran’s oil minister said.
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Zanganeh Says Most OPEC Members Back Extending Output Cuts
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Monday that a majority of OPEC members support extending output cuts but a final decision will be taken at their next meeting on Nov.…
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Iran Oil Minister Plays Down Total's Exit From Binding Gas Deal
EghtesadOnline: Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says Total S.A.'s contract with Tehran to develop Phase 11 of the South Pars Gas Field is "legally binding" and the French energy major…
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Zanganeh: Iran's Oil Deals With Russia to Help Defuse Trump's Unilateralism
EghtesadOnline: Iran's potentially lucrative oil and gas deals with Russian companies will help defuse US President Donald Trump's "unilateralism" and his efforts to scrap Tehran's nuclear deal…
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Gas Output Set to Reach 1 bcm/d by March 2019
EghtesadOnline: Iran plans to raise natural gas production to 1 billion cubic meters per day by March 2019, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on Tuesday.
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Reshuffle in Top Petroleum Posts
EghtesadOnline: Iran's Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh on Sunday appointed a new chief for the National Petrochemical Company and nominated a woman as his first deputy in the latest restructuring…
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Iran Seeks More Euro for Crude Exports to S. Korea
EghtesadOnline: Unenthusiastic about trading oil in the US dollar and South Korea's won, Iran wants more euro payments for the crude oil it sells to South Korea, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh…
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Zanganeh Says Iran Moving Ahead With Energy Projects
EghtesadOnline: Iran is pushing ahead with plans to develop its petroleum projects as the country's foreign partners and the global crude market have shrugged off US President Donald Trump's…
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Iran: $5 Billion in Oil, Gas Recovery Projects Planned for 2 Years
EghtesadOnline: Iran aims to finalize and implement about $5 billion worth of projects to raise production from its crude oil and natural gas fields, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said on…
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New Chief for NIORDC
EghtesadOnline: Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has appointed a new managing director for the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company, Oil Ministry's official news service Shana…
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Zanganeh: No Pressure on Tehran to Join OPEC Cuts
EghtesadOnline: Nearly a year into the production-cut deal that brought together major OPEC and non-OPEC oil producers, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said there was no pressure on Iran to…