Iran

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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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August 03, 2016
Iran approved an outline for a new oil contract model, taking the OPEC member a step closer to welcoming foreign investment in its energy industry and boosting production even more into an oversupplied market.
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August 01, 2016
Iran is expected to approve a new model for oil contracts on Wednesday, paving the way for billions of dollars of foreign investment to help rebuild its energy industry.
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July 19, 2016
Lloyd’s Register recently held an exclusive one-day event at the NITC in Tehran, Iran, to share knowledge and experience to help companies optimize their oil and gas operations. It brought together 130 senior oil and gas executives from international and national companies.
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July 11, 2016
Oil markets will remain stable this year even as Iran plans to keep boosting crude exports to regain the market share it lost due to sanctions, according to a senior official at state-run National Iranian Oil Co.
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June 27, 2016
Iran plans to issue tenders to develop its oil fields this summer as the government is expected to approve a new model oil contract designed to attract investors “in a short amount of time,” Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said, according to an interview published by the Iranian Students News Agency.
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June 17, 2016
The return of Iranian oil to the international market is hurting Russia’s main crude grade, forcing it to trade at the biggest discount in two years.
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June 13, 2016
Iran’s new model oil contracts, designed to lure billions of dollars in foreign investment for its energy industry, still need revisions and the government is confident the first deals will be signed within months, Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh said.
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June 09, 2016
Royal Dutch Shell Plc is set to ship a cargo of Iranian crude to Europe next month, becoming the second major oil company in the region after Total SA to resume oil trade after some sanctions on the Persian nation’s nuclear program were lifted in January.
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June 03, 2016
Relations among OPEC members have improved significantly after several acrimonious meetings as the oil-producing group accepts Iran’s revival of crude output, the Iranian oil minister said.
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May 12, 2016
Iran’s success in boosting crude output to the most since late 2011 is no incentive for it to join OPEC partners in curbing production to shore up prices. With crude rallying, analysts see no immediate need for action.
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May 12, 2016
Iranian crude production rose to levels last seen before sanctions were imposed more than four years ago, helping to drive OPEC output to the highest in almost eight years, according to the International Energy Agency.
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May 05, 2016
Iran said it may be ready for joint action with members of the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries in as little as one or two months, once it regains the market share it had before sanctions were imposed.
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April 18, 2016
Oil fell after output talks Sunday between the world’s biggest producers ended without any agreement on limiting supplies, a diplomatic failure that threatens to renew the rout in prices.
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April 18, 2016
In the end, the outcome of Sunday’s summit of 16 oil ministers at Qatar’s Sheraton hotel turned on one country that wasn’t there.
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April 08, 2016
Iran ratcheted up its offense in the oil market after breaking a pricing tradition, signaling it’s seeking to win market share at a time when rival producers are trying to forge a deal on freezing output.
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March 29, 2016
Iran will attend talks with fellow OPEC members and Russia in Qatar next month without joining their proposal to freeze crude oil production, according to a person familiar with the nation’s policy.
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March 14, 2016
Iran may join other oil suppliers in freezing production after restoring its own output to levels before sanctions were imposed, Russian Energy Minister Alexander Novak said after meeting with the Persian Gulf nation’s oil minister.
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March 13, 2016
Iran plans to boost crude output to 4 MMbpd before it will consider joining other suppliers in seeking ways to rebalance the global oil market.
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March 10, 2016
General Electric Co. is plotting a strategy for its oil and gas business in Iran as the U.S. eases sanctions with the petroleum-rich country.
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March 05, 2016
The Monte Toledo oil tanker covered the uneventful voyage from Iran to Europe with a haul of one million barrels of crude in just 17 days, but its journey has been four years in the making.
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