Following the Supreme Leader's (Supreme Leader's) emphasis on facilitating and accelerating the conclusion and implementation of upstream oil and gas contracts, the Economic Council notified the Ministry of Oil of the issue of "facilitating the conditions for concluding and implementing upstream oil and gas contracts" in line with achieving the goals of the Seventh Progress Plan of the Islamic Republic of Iran.
CNG supply has decreased from 23 million cubic meters per day in 1402 to 19 million cubic meters in 1403 and 16 million cubic meters in 1404, and unfortunately, this decline in demand continues.
Although Iran's daily gas production capacity has doubled in recent decades, structural, financial, and technological barriers threaten the sustainable growth of this key source of electricity for the industry.
In recent years, accelerating gas field development plans has become an unrivaled priority in energy policymaking in Iran; a policy that is being pursued with the aim of compensating for the supply shortage.
The deputy chairman of the National Development Fund's executive board said: "If at least 20 complementary petrochemical industry projects are introduced and proposed and approved by the National Petrochemical Industries Company, a total of $200 million in funding will be allocated to finance these projects, and it will be divided among them based on need."
The CEO of Petrochemical Research and Technology Company pointed to the valuable achievements of this company in the field of localization of technical knowledge and catalysts needed by the petrochemical industry and said: "The Petrochemical Research and Technology Company has had a successful performance in meeting domestic and export needs."
The level of oil and gas storage in power plants in the first two months of 2025 has reached about 1.5 billion liters, an increase of more than 85 percent compared to the same period last year; an impressive figure that indicates the Ministry of Petroleum's readiness to provide sustainable energy in the country.
The executor of the South Pars Phase 11 development plan announced: For the first time since its operation, the major repairs of the offshore platform Phase 11 were successfully implemented ahead of schedule, with the cooperation of all project elements in the contracting and commissioning sectors.
The investment manager of the National Petrochemical Industries Company said: So far, $87 billion has been invested in the petrochemical industry, of which $26.3 billion has been provided from foreign sources.
The CEO of the National Southern Oilfields Company, while visiting key projects of the Gachsaran Oil and Gas Exploitation Company, emphasized the need to accelerate the implementation of major repairs and the provision of items needed by the oil industry.
