Stating that the drought management plans will continue without interruption, the Minister of Energy said: Despite the recent good rains, large parts of the country are still under severe water stress.

At the same time as the air gets colder and the continued use of heating devices, gas consumption in the domestic, commercial and industrial sectors, including in the fourth week of Azar, reached about 4.3 billion cubic meters; A figure that shows the continued growth of demand on the country's gas network in the cold half of the year.

The senior management of Khark Passive Defense and the operational teams of Iran Oil Terminals Company, following the issue of Bushehr province's crisis management warning about weather emergency conditions, implemented preventive and control measures in order to protect the facilities and continue operations by deploying the field in important work fronts on this island.

The executive of the Yaran oil field development project announced the successful completion of the installation and operation of the "ESP" in-well pump in well No. 2 of the Yaran oil field in the framework of the development plans in the north of this field and with the aim of improving production stability.

While we have a total of 16.85 billion cubic meters of water storage in the country's dams, and 68% of the country's dam capacity is empty, this figure is the lowest amount of dam reserves at the same time in the last 5 years.

The Deputy Minister of Petroleum for Engineering, Research and Technology, announcing that the Ministry of Petroleum is leading in first-time production, said: "So far, $262 million worth of contracts have been signed in the field of first-time production, and it is expected that the full implementation of these contracts will bring more than $2 billion in foreign exchange savings for the country."

Three contracts and three research and technological agreements were signed between refining companies and research institutes and universities in the country with the aim of maximizing the use of domestic capacities in the refining industry.

The CEO of the Central Iranian Oil Company considered research to be the driving force behind sustainable development, increased production, and reduced costs, and said: "We support creative ideas and research programs that unlock and accelerate sustainable production activities in the oil industry."

The Judiciary Spokesperson said: "According to the report of the officers, an organized network attempted to remove fuel from the supply, production, and consumption cycle in the country and had stored this fuel at about 150 locations in Rey County."

Natural gas consumption in the household, commercial, and small industrial sectors increased to about 533 million cubic meters per day in the third week of December, and the highest consumption in this sector was recorded on December 15, with more than 546 million cubic meters.