The head of maintenance at the Ilam Gas Refinery announced the start of the 17th major overhaul of the refinery on September 1st, saying: "The major overhaul of this period will continue for 24 days, with an estimated 64,000 man-hours of executive staff and 20,000 man-hours of supervisory staff."

Abbas Karimi revealed the excessive hiring during the previous administration, the heavy costs of human resources, the high-profile overhaul in the middle of the war, and the drop in income due to the suspension of gasoline exports.

The Secretary General of the Petrochemical Industry Employers' Association emphasized the serious pursuit of resolving the industry's problems and said: "New solutions for financing petrochemicals will soon be finalized."

Explaining the most important measures taken by the Ministry of Oil last year, the Minister of Oil emphasized: The Ministry of Oil plans to accelerate measures in this field and has short-term projects carried out by the private sector, as well as long-term and infrastructure projects on the agenda.

The CEO of the Petroleum Engineering and Development Company, while explaining the company's strategic plans for the development of the West Karun joint fields, announced: "Completing processing infrastructure, utilizing modern drilling technologies, collecting associated gases, and complying with environmental requirements are among the most important measures that have been achieved in West Karun in recent months."

The University of Petroleum Industry, in collaboration with Arvandan Oil and Gas Company, succeeded in increasing oil production on a pilot scale by three times by designing and building advanced laboratory equipment and utilizing "foam-assisted lifting" technology; an achievement that could revolutionize the exploitation of wells with high water cutoff.

The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company announced the achievement of a new record in the country's oil production, saying: "Crude oil production in early September of this year reached its highest level in the last seven and a half years, and this success is the result of the round-the-clock efforts of oil industry experts and employees to achieve the goals of the 14th government and strengthen the national economy."

Arvand Petrochemical Company (Public Joint Stock Company) with the symbol "Arvand" was listed on the Tehran Stock Exchange on August 18, 1404, after obtaining legal permits and approval from the Admissions Board.

The head of the Oil Industry Technology and Innovation Park, emphasizing that no technological development is possible without networking and real cooperation between knowledge suppliers and problem owners, said: The Oil Industry Park pursues three major missions in the field of the oil industry value chain, smartization and digital transformation, and consumption management, and is trying to use technologies to solve strategic issues in the oil industry with a business-oriented perspective.

The head of the Ministry of Oil's Flare Gas Collection Working Group, emphasizing the need to accelerate associated gas collection projects, said: "By order of the Minister of Oil, a special working group with broad powers has been formed to achieve complete collection of associated gases before the end of the Seventh Development Plan by monitoring, facilitating, and removing obstacles."