First Vice President: Iran’s oil sales sub-channels should be made transparent

According to the report of Energy Press, according to the information base of the first vice president, Mohammad Reza Aref, this morning in the ceremony of honoring and introducing the former and current ministers of oil, by raising the question of whether we have a role in providing products with low efficiency and high fuel consumption to the people. He added: The imbalance of natural gas and petroleum products has been the country’s problem. Now the amount of gasoline production has reached 110 million liters and its peak consumption has reached 140 million liters in the past days.
Pointing to the expert and distinguished human force and large oil and gas reserves as two absolute advantages of the Ministry of Petroleum, he said: the use of human capital and prominent scientific and service figures in this ministry is at the top of the advantages of the Ministry of Petroleum, as well as the country’s oil and gas reserves. With a value of 20 thousand billion dollars, it is one of the other advantages of this ministry in the development and progress of the country.
Referring to Iran’s third place in crude oil reserves with 208 billion barrels of oil and second place in gas reserves with 32 trillion cubic meters, the first vice president continued: Iran’s total oil and gas reserves are the first in the world with a value of 340 billion dollars. It has the two advantages of manpower and oil and gas reserves, which is a very good support for the implementation and realization of the 7th Development Plan.
Strengthening the role of oil and gas in Iran’s economic indicators
Referring to the important role of the Ministry of Oil in achieving the goals of the 20-year vision document, Aref emphasized: In the new working period of the Ministry of Oil, efforts should be made to strengthen the contribution of oil and gas in the development of the country in general and especially in economic indicators.
Emphasizing the necessity of implementing the general policies of the resistance economy with the main strategy of making the country resistant to external events and impulses and the oppressive sanctions of the West and the United States, he clarified: favorable strategies have been seen in the policies of the resistance economy in the oil and gas sector, and in this context, confronting It has priority due to the vulnerability of oil and gas revenues.
The first vice president added: In the past years, there have been instabilities in the country’s oil and gas revenues, but now the country is in a situation where it can choose strategic customers.
Aref stated: “Perhaps at times we used sub-channels to sell oil, and we should make this clear.” On the other hand, how to sell petroleum products with stable customers that can be counted on should be investigated and operationalized in the Ministry of Petroleum.
Strengthening the participation of the private sector in the sale of oil
Referring to the good experiences of the past years in creating diversity in oil sales methods, he emphasized: We must summarize the methods used in the past, and in this direction, the participation of the private sector in oil sales is essential.
The first vice president emphasized that the private sector should be looked at in the diversity of oil sales methods and stated: As far as the policies of Article 44 allow, the private sector can participate, but in the past years monopolization and The government ruled among managers with the justification of principle 44. Meanwhile, since the approval of these policies by the Supreme Leader and legal approval, the path has been opened for the participation of the private sector, and the presence of government departments is not an obstacle for the participation of the private sector.
Pointing to the importance of increasing the export of oil and gas, as well as oil products and gas condensate, Aref continued: Gas swap has become the country’s strategy in the past, which can help transform the Islamic Republic of Iran as an energy hub in the region. Besides that, the export of petrochemicals and oil products is another advantage that plays an important role in development, meeting needs and creating jobs.
He added: Article 4 of the Fourth Development Plan was very strategic, but it was removed in the 7th Parliament of the Islamic Council due to the government’s focus and approach, and now I want the Minister of Oil to review and announce the achievements of Article 4 for the country.
The First Vice President continues to increase strategic reserves of oil and gas to influence the global markets, develop oil and gas capacities especially in common fields, increase added value through completing the value chain of oil and gas industries, increase the export of petrochemical products and petroleum products from other He knew the strategies of this ministry and said: So far, the energy consumption index has been treated as a slogan that does not meet the needs of the country’s industrial and service sector. This kind of dealings is erasing the face of the problem and it should be seen what damage and disadvantage has been caused to the industry and economic growth.