Energy

  • Crude refining in the world’s second-largest oil consumer increased 2.4% from a year earlier to 44.75 million tons last month, or about 10.93 million barrels a day, according to data released by…

  • A senior official at the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said on Saturday Iran has, for the first time, embarked on exporting liquefied gas to African countries in ISO tanks.

  • Kuwait's Deputy Foreign Minister Khaled Jarallah said oil exporting countries must freeze production and the market could not support a production increase from Iran.

  • India's Essar Oil, the top Indian buyer of Iranian crude, imported 47.7% more Iranian oil in April compared with a year ago, according to tanker arrival data obtained from trade sources and ship-…

  • Iran is about to seal an investment deal with a consortium of companies from Turkey and Belgium for the construction of five combined-cycle thermal power plants, managing director of Thermal Power…

  • A delegation of representatives from the National Iranian Gas Company and Central Bank of Iran have traveled to Iraq to fast-track gas exports to the Arab neighbor, the executive director of NIGC…

  • Japan renewed all its oil purchase contracts with Iran for a year and plans to increase Iran's oil export to the Southeast Asian country by 350,000 barrels per day.

  • Oil prices ended a three-day bull run on Friday, falling as a strong dollar weighed and investors cashed in on recent gains, though losses were cushioned by outages in Nigeria that have slashed…

  • Following the lifting of western sanctions against Iran, Zagreb seeks to expand economic and energy cooperation with Tehran. The visit by Croatian President Kolinda Grabar-Kitarovic to Iran next…

  • Iran will ramp up its oil exports to European customers to 600,000 barrels per day within a week, the head of the state-run National Iranian Oil Company said, as the country is inching closer to…

  • Restrictions on Iranian tankers’ insurance have been removed and the country’s crude carriers are now allowed to enter any oil terminal in the world, managing director of National Iranian Tanker…

  • Plans have been made to put the construction of a huge natural gas refining plant on Kish Island out to international tender.

  • OPEC kept forecasts for global oil supply and demand unchanged in its last monthly assessment before members meet to review the market.

    The 13 nations of the Organization of Petroleum…

  • Global oil markets are heading toward a long-awaited equilibrium, according to updated supply and demand data from the International Energy Agency.

    The IEA said in its latest oil market…

  • South Africa has partnered with Iran to develop desalination plants along all coastal communities to boost water supplies, the South African water minister said on Wednesday, as the worst drought…

  • Former secretary-general of OPEC, Rene G. Ortiz, said the upcoming meeting between the members of the organization and non-OPEC states in June need not result in a decision to freeze oil…

  • With the Egypt’s permission to Iran for using the SUMED oil pipeline, the first Iranian oil tanker will berth at a European oil terminal in the month starting June 21, an Iranian official at…

  • Persian Gulf Petrochemical Industries Company will reopen its sales offices in Europe in the near future, PGPIC's executive director said.

    Adel Nejad-Salim did not name the countries in…

  • Premier Oil Plc, an explorer operating on four continents, said it would meet or exceed its production forecast for the year.

  • A deputy oil minister said on Wednesday 8 million tons can be added to Iran’s total petrochemical output by March 2017 once the projects underway become operational and this will not require new…

  • A memorandum of understanding has been signed with a Japanese firm to minimize mazut production in Tehran Oil Refinery, director of coordination and supervision for the National Iranian Oil…

  • Oil rose on Tuesday, driven by supply disruptions in Canada and elsewhere, which have knocked out 2.5 million barrels of daily production and temporarily eclipsed concern over high global…

  • A senior oil official announced on Tuesday that the process of vetting foreign companies for Iran’s oil and gas projects under the new Iran Petroleum Contract will start in late May.

  • A 30-strong delegation of Russia's Gazprom is due in Tehran in the near future to explore grounds for cooperation in mega gas projects, liquefied natural gas initiatives and mini LNG…

  • Iraq plans to boost crude oil exports from its southern region to 3.47 million barrels per day in June, potentially beating a record volume set in November, a preliminary loading program showed.…