Iranian oil reaches China via shadowy tankers that are difficult to track; now that the US has lost some of its influence due to the tariff war, this task has become more difficult than before.

After years of stagnation, ignorance, and uncertainty, the name of the Kish gas field is now on the lips again, and news indicates that the first phase of this field has been completed and it is ready to produce 28 million cubic meters of gas per day. But what has put the Kish gas field on the verge of a major change is the dire need for investment for the second, third, and even fourth phases; a project that requires about $8 billion in financial resources; meanwhile, rumors indicate that Persian Gulf Holding is the most serious option to enter this field.

Shazand Petrochemical Company announces a new number for nominal capacity in every interpretative report; a behavior that has made the percentage of capacity realization in this company always seem desirable, but the basis for its calculation is questioned by analysts and shareholders.

Petrochemicals have no gas for four months of the year, and soon it will be six months. To survive, petrochemicals have turned to upstream to develop gas fields themselves. But a year after the MoUs were signed, no contracts have been finalized and no gas has been extracted.

Moments ago, a massive explosion occurred in the Shahid Rajaee Port area.

The Iran LNG project, which began in the 1980s with the aim of making Iran a major player in the global liquefied natural gas market, is now facing numerous technical and economic challenges. Despite the signing of a new memorandum of understanding between the Iranian Natural Gas Liquefaction Company and the Petroleum Industries Engineering and Construction Company, experts believe that without cooperation with Western companies, the implementation of the project will be impossible.

The Trump administration has sanctioned the Iranian shipping giant in new, draconian sanctions against Iran's oil and gas sales.

Persian Gulf Holding, with its massive $2 billion plan to build a 5,000-megawatt solar power plant, is seeking self-sufficiency in energy supply and reducing dependence and pressure on the national grid.

News of progress in the Iran-US nuclear talks eased investors' concerns about disruptions to oil supplies and helped stabilize prices over the past business week.

As the United States reimposed sanctions on Iranian oil exports, crude oil prices rose in global markets.