Iran

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November 08, 2016
Total has signed a Heads of Agreement (HoA) with the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) for the development of phase 11 of South Pars, the world's largest gas field.
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October 19, 2016
Iran is negotiating with 16 international energy companies to help operate and manage 50 oil and natural gas projects around the country to boost production after years of international sanctions.
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October 17, 2016
Iran, OPEC’s third-biggest member, plans to boost its oil output to a level of 4 MMbpd this year, potentially complicating the producer group’s plan to cut supply in an effort to prop up prices.
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October 17, 2016
OPEC’s struggle with the first step of its new production deal—agreeing on how much its members are pumping—deepened as Iran became the third nation to openly question the organization’s data.
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October 05, 2016
Iran’s state-owned oil company sold condensate to BP for the first time since sanctions were lifted in January, marking the country’s re-emergence as one of the world’s top suppliers of crude oil and NGLs.
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September 27, 2016
Suddenly the tables have been turned on Saudi Arabia.
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September 23, 2016
OPEC members aren’t likely to reach a supply deal in Algiers next week, but an agreement to boost prices could be drawing closer after Saudi Arabia signaled for the first time in two years that it’s willing to cut production.
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September 23, 2016
Oil rebounded to head for a weekly gain after Saudi Arabia was said to have offered to reduce production if Iran agreed to freeze its output.
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September 07, 2016
Iran hinted that it may soon drop its opposition to an oil-production freeze, with a senior official saying the OPEC member’s crude output is closing in on its pre-sanctions level and that limiting supply is “a political decision.”
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September 06, 2016
Iran’s President said he supports efforts by OPEC to stabilize oil prices, while reiterating that the country must restore production lost during years of sanctions.
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September 05, 2016
As speculation swirls over whether oil producers will reach a deal to coordinate output and aid a recovery in prices, Iran says it’s ready to pump more.
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August 30, 2016
Iran will invite international oil companies to submit bids in October under the long-awaited new contract model for energy investors, as the OPEC producer seeks billions of dollars to boost output after years of international sanctions.
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August 29, 2016
Iran’s plan to keep boosting crude production until it regains its OPEC market share is dimming prospects of collective action by major producers to freeze output, according to Patrick Allman-Ward, CEO of Dana Gas PJSC.
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August 28, 2016
When the OPEC nations last met with Russia to agree an output freeze, back in April, it was Saudi Arabia that shot down the deal -- refusing to take part without Iran.
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August 25, 2016
Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh will participate in an informal meeting of OPEC members next month in Algiers, a state news service reported.
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August 24, 2016
TEHRAN (Bloomberg) -- Iran says it still hasn’t decided whether it will attend informal OPEC talks in Algiers next month, two weeks after the group announced plans to meet.
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August 24, 2016
OPEC’s secretary-general will visit members Iran and Qatar next month, just weeks before the group holds informal talks in Algeria, according to a person with direct knowledge of the matter.
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August 23, 2016
Iran plans to grant the development of two major oil fields to CNPC and Sinopec, according to a statement by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).
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August 23, 2016
Oil rose, reversing an earlier decline, on speculation Iran may be more willing to cooperate with other producers seeking to freeze output.
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August 19, 2016
Even if OPEC strikes a deal with Russia next month in Algiers to freeze oil production, success will mean a lot less than when they tried and failed four months ago.
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August 10, 2016
Iran expects foreign oil companies to sign deals valued at $25 billion over the next one to two years under the terms of a new contract model approved last week, the managing director of the National Iranian Oil Co. said.
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