A member of the Majlis National Security Commission still threatened to close the Strait of Hormuz, while such a speech may seem attractive to the general audience, in fact deepest disregard for Iran's economic and geopolitical realities. The key question is if the Strait of Hormuz really closes, who is most damaged? The answer is clear, Iran itself. Even if the country's oil exports reach 6,000 barrels a day, there is still no other way than to cross the same strait.
While Qatar has become the world's liquefied natural gas export giant using the South Pars joint field and has earned more than $ 5 billion in the year, Iran has failed with three huge gas liquid projects. Iran LNG, Pars LNG and Persian LNG's projects, which were supposed to be Iran's entry into the world market, were under pressure from sanctions and the withdrawal of foreign companies into semi -finished structures in Assaluyeh; An unfinished dream that has taken the opportunity to consolidate Iran's position in the global energy industry.
The UK Court of Appeal rejected the National Iranian Oil Company's appeal and upheld the previous London court ruling on the confiscation of the NIOC House building.
Iran's petrochemical industry is at a strategic crossroads: developing huge mega-plants for global competition or focusing on small and medium-sized units to meet domestic needs? Mohsen Ansari, an expert in the petrochemical industry, says in response to this question: Both paths have their advantages, but ignoring new global technologies such as COTC could jeopardize Iran's export position.
As the trigger mechanism becomes approaching and the return of international sanctions, the issue of the impact of these sanctions on Iranian oil exports has been hot again. "The activation of the trigger mechanism usually increases the risk of sanctions, and in the Iranian market, instead of raising prices, it appears more discounts than oil indicators," says energy expert Abdullah Babakhani.
Petroleum Minister on the outskirts of the Government: The trigger mechanism will not create a new annoying restriction on oil sales; Over the past few years, we have faced so severe restrictions on cruel and unilateral Americans, which in fact may not add much to it.
Ali Asghar Rajabi, Director of Energy and Carbon at the National Iranian Gas Company, said in a pre-session of the Energy Investment Conference: "Saving energy consumption can bring Iran into the global carbon market and become a tool for attracting private sector investment."
The CEO of the National Oil Company said: "We use a variety of methods to sell oil; we have put both diversity and multiple markets on the agenda. The claim of stopping oil sales is not true and I deny it."
The planning director of the National Petrochemical Company, emphasizing the focus on the downstream and reaching a capacity of 131 million tons by the end of the Seventh Plan, said that producing gasoline from methanol is not economically viable.
Despite the special capabilities in developing the propylene value chain, due to excessive licensing and lack of sound policymaking by the National Petrochemical Company, this market is becoming saturated and is on track to suffer a similar fate to methanol production units.