• Iran’s July exports steady as OPEC pumps record crude: Report

    Iran’s July exports steady as OPEC pumps record crude: Report

    Aug 01, 2021 05:19

    Iran has pumped steady amount of crude in July despite a 15-month record production reported by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), a survey shows.

  •  High oil prices won’t benefit producers in long-run: Zanganeh

    High oil prices won’t benefit producers in long-run: Zanganeh

    Jul 18, 2021 16:56

    Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says rising international oil prices won’t benefit producers in the long-run as he warns against impacts of the prices on the oil production economy.

  • Iran won’t hesitate to return to oil market, Zanganeh tells OPEC+

    Iran won’t hesitate to return to oil market, Zanganeh tells OPEC+

    Jul 04, 2021 05:54

    Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh has told the OPEC+ alliance of oil producing nations that Iran will not hesitate to return to the oil markets once US sanctions on the country are lifted.

  • OPEC members concerned how Iran will return to oil market: Minister

    OPEC members concerned how Iran will return to oil market: Minister

    Jul 01, 2021 18:40

    Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says that some members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are concerned about how a return of Iranian supplies to the international markets would affect the prices.

  • Iran crude output up by 13.4% in April: OPEC data

    Iran crude output up by 13.4% in April: OPEC data

    May 14, 2021 04:23

    Iran increased its crude output by 13.4% in April compared to March, shows figures by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting countries (OPEC), as the country moves ahead with plans to offset losses suffered to production during more than three years of American sanctions targeting its oil sales.

  • OPEC says Iran raised crude oil output in March by 6.3%

    OPEC says Iran raised crude oil output in March by 6.3%

    Apr 15, 2021 05:45

    Iran increased its crude oil output in March by 6.3%, according to latest data by the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), as the country moves to offset cuts to production suffered in recent years because of US sanctions.

  • Iran OPEC’s biggest gasoline producer: Official

    Iran OPEC’s biggest gasoline producer: Official

    Feb 05, 2021 13:23

    A deputy oil minister said Iran needs to reduce the domestic gasoline consumption by switching to vehicles fueled by compressed natural gas (CNG) in order to maintain its place as the largest producer of gasoline in the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

  • Narrowing of OPEC+ cuts insignificant to global supply: Zanganeh

    Narrowing of OPEC+ cuts insignificant to global supply: Zanganeh

    Jan 06, 2021 05:57

    Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says a Tuesday decision by an international grouping of oil producers known as OPEC+ to slightly narrow supply cuts agreed for January would not have a significant impact on global prices.

  • Iran’s refining capacity up by 24%, second largest in OPEC: Report

    Iran’s refining capacity up by 24%, second largest in OPEC: Report

    Oct 11, 2020 15:42

    Iran’s capacity for refining crude and other products has increased by nearly a fourth in four years to 2020 to become the second largest in the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

  • OPEC’s sixtieth anniversary: The pivot of the global oil market

    OPEC’s sixtieth anniversary: The pivot of the global oil market

    Sep 18, 2020 14:01

    September 14, 2020 marks the sixtieth anniversary of the Organization of the Petroleum, Exporting Countries or OPEC – almost two thirds of a century of existence characterized by embargo, conflict, and even war. It is an intergovernmental organization of 13 nations founded in 1960 in Baghdad by the first five members (Iran, Iraq, Kuwait, Saudi Arabia and Venezuela) and headquartered since 1965 in Vienna, Austria.