Oil prices rose on Tuesday as concerns about supply increased due to media claims that talks between Iran and the United States may not reach a conclusion, while the dollar weakened.

The advisor to the CEO of the National Iranian Petroleum Refining and Distribution Company reported that $6 to $8 billion of the country's resources are wasted annually due to fuel smuggling, saying: "We must have a national perspective in fuel allocation, while the relevant agencies have a sectoral perspective."

The Deputy CEO of the National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company announced the increase in the country's refining capacity to 2.4 million barrels per day and stated: "The Abadan refinery has had the largest share in this capacity increase."

The CEO of the South Pars Gas Complex announced: "The Besat Power Plant of the South Pars Gas Complex, with its sustainable electricity production, in addition to providing energy to thirteen refineries, injects the surplus electricity produced into the power grid of four neighboring counties, which plays an important role in strengthening the region's national power grid."

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."