TEHRAN (NIOC) _ Production operations have resumed on the Phase 16 Platform of South Pars offshore gas field in the Persian Gulf waters.

TEHRAN (NIOC) – Experts at the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) successfully carried out repair of faulty wellhead valves for Wastewater Injection Well No. 116 and fishing operation for Well No. 153 of Maroon field without a rig.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _The 22nd Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF) was held on the 12 November 2020, under the Chairmanship of HE Abdelmadjid Attar, Minister of Energy of the People’s Democratic Republic of Algeria as its President. The meeting was convened by videoconference.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said in order to restore peace in the world, sustain it and ensure production in the gas sector, we need to increase cooperation internationally, stop bullying and avoid politicization of the markets, particularly energy market.

TEHRAN (NIOC) – Offshore drilling operations of phase 11 of the South Pars gas field began with the installation of the drilling rig at the SPD11B border location.

TEHRAN (NIOC) – The National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) has spudded 72 oil and gas wells in offshore and onshore projects in the first 7 months of the current calendar year, which began on March 21.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ The progress of the first phase of the Goreh-Jask crude oil transfer project has reached 76.5 percent, and this national project is progressing according to the plan.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ The CEO of Petropars Group announced the movement of the drilling rig to the location of phase 11 of South Pars Gas Field in the Persian Gulf waters.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said the US move to impose sanctions on him and a number of senior Iranian oil and energy officials on Monday only made them more determined to pursue their goals.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh played down the US Treasury’s move to impose sanctions on him and a number of key Iranian oil and energy officials, saying, “I have no assets or wealth outside of Iran to be subject to the sanctions.” In a tweet on Monday evening, Mr. Zangeneh said the move was a passive reaction to Washington’s failed policy of bringing Iran’s oil exports to zero.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ Well No. 4 of Solabdar Oil Field in the operational scope of the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) became operational after 42 years.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ The 45th Meeting of the Joint Technical Committee (JTC) was held via videoconference, in preparation for the 23rd Meeting of the Joint Ministerial Meeting (JMMC) planned for 19 October 2020, Shana reported.

TEHRAN (NIOC) – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh has appointed Afshin Javan as Iran’s national representative to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

TEHRAN (NIOC) – The Iranian Central Oil Fields Company has planned to boost the production capacity of Dehloran oil field by the end of the current calendar year to March 2021 with the launch and repair of new wells.

VIENNA (NIOC) _ The 2020 OPEC World Oil Outlook (WOO) was launched today in Vienna, Austria, providing the OPEC Secretariat’s in-depth look at the unprecedented scale and impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the global energy and oil markets, an assessment of the medium- and long-term prospects, as well as analysis of various alternative scenarios and sensitivities that have the potential to impact the petroleum industry in the years ahead.

TEHRAN (NIOC) – The CEO of the Iranian Central Oil Fields Company (ICOFC) said upstream plans were under way to enhance the crude oil and natural gas output of Ilam Province in western Iran.

TEHRAN (TEHRAN) – The operator of Azar oil field development project said the cumulative output of the project in the early production phase has been above 30 million barrels so far and it is on the verge of full operation with a progress of about 97.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ The operator of the South Pars Phase 14 development project said the project’s onshore refinery would come online in the first half of the next Iranian calendar year to March 21.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ The drilling performance of the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) in the first half of the current calendar year, which began on March 21, more than doubled in comparison with the same period last year.

TEHRAN (NIOC) _ Wellhead Platform 08 of Hendijan offshore oilfield was successfully installed for production of 10,000 b/d of oil from the field.