The Director of Industrial Equipment and Process Machinery Repairs at the National Southern Oilfields Company, explaining the missions and performance of this management, said: "With proactive planning, localization of strategic parts, and the round-the-clock efforts of operational forces, more than 63 percent of the annual overhaul plan was achieved in 1404; an unprecedented achievement that has played an important role in production sustainability, flaring reduction, and environmental protection."
The spokesman for the Parliament's Energy Commission announced: "The launch of the second tier of the central processing unit of the South Azadegan Joint Field is an effective measure to compensate for the backlog, increase oil production, and neutralize sanctions in the current situation in the country."
A faculty member of the Institute for International Energy Studies announced that price levels in 2025 were lower than the previous year, and said: "Given the experience of the oil market in recent years, it is unlikely that we will see a significant increase in prices in 2026 unless a specific development occurs in the global economy or geopolitical equations."
The Minister of Oil, announcing that our colleagues, as oil companies, do not have access to the banking sector with money from oil sales, said: "The mechanism for depositing resources from oil sales is carried out under the supervision, monitoring, and control of the Central Bank."
The chairman of the board of directors of the oil industry pension funds considered the independence and non-governmental nature of the fund to be the foundations of the fund's sustainability, and called rumors of the fund's merger false.
This year's Research and Technology Week at the Ministry of Oil focused on developing new technologies, deepening the industry's relationship with universities and knowledge-based companies, and moving purposefully toward digital transformation. It was a week that was accompanied by the signing of research and technological contracts, the unveiling of knowledge documents and products, and the presentation of reports on the achievements of the oil industry in the field of innovation. The set of actions taken this week reflects the strategic approach of the Ministry of Oil to respond to the technological needs of the industry and enhance the productivity, sustainability, and competitiveness of this strategic industry.
The Minister of Oil announced that in the first week of implementing the new gasoline plan, consumption had decreased by 9 million liters, and said: "Of course, we must wait for its long-term effects to draw conclusions in this regard."
The head of research and development affairs of the oil engineering and development company emphasized the necessity of moving towards data-oriented solutions and said: the implementation of a virtual flow meter based on artificial intelligence is a practical step in the direction of making oil wells smarter and reducing dependence on costly and risky technologies.
The Director of Research and Technology of the National Iranian Oil Company announced that the company's new research and technology contracts focusing on the application of artificial intelligence and digital transformation in the fields of exploration, drilling and production have been signed with the aim of increasing productivity and reducing time and cost.
The deputy oil minister for engineering, research and technology announced the notification of the oil minister's directive to organize the research and technological activities of the oil industry and set specific tasks in this area and said: Based on this directive, the priority road map document for the oil industry was compiled within three months.
