Ministry of Oil leads in first-time production; $262 million contract and over $2 billion in foreign exchange savings

According to Energy Press, Omid Shakeri stated today (Wednesday, December 16) at the ceremony commemorating the Research Week at the National Iranian Petroleum Refining and Distribution Company, referring to the research and technological achievements of the Ministry of Oil: From the beginning of 1403 to the first 6 months of this year, more than 150 master’s and doctoral theses, 17 study and research opportunities, doctoral scholarships in the form of the Shahid Tandogoyan scholarship, and 320,000 square meters of space in the form of ecosystem pillars such as science and technology parks and the Oil Industry Research Institute have been allocated to knowledge-based companies active in the oil sector.
He pointed out that in the four companies affiliated with the Ministry of Oil, 312 research contracts worth 1,700 billion tomans were signed from the beginning of 1403 to the first 6 months of this year, and the Ministry of Oil has ranked first among executive agencies in national research and technology assessments. He added: Facilities have been considered for job creation with technological topics, and companies with technological ideas and plans can use these facilities after confirming their qualifications and conducting the necessary reviews. So far, about 7 hemts of facilities have been paid to develop the businesses of knowledge-based companies. More than one hemt of facilities has also been given to knowledge-based companies in the field of technology and business development from the Ministry of Oil’s Research and Technology Fund.
Increasing oil field recovery through research and technology
The Deputy Minister of Petroleum for Engineering, Research and Technology Affairs, referring to the 10-year large contracts with universities, said: For the first time, 22 long-term contracts were awarded to the country’s leading universities to study oil fields and propose methods for increasing recovery from oil fields. One of these projects was the injection of low-salt water in the Ahvaz field in order to increase recovery. After years of resistance, the pilot of this project was put into operation. It is predicted that with the implementation of this pilot, the recovery coefficient of oil fields will increase by 8 percent, which can properly play the role expected of research and technology management and increase the country’s national income.
Stressing that the role of engineering, research, and technology is to facilitate the implementation of the Ministry of Oil’s plans and projects, Shakeri stated: “So far, we have received 37 innovative plans in the published call, which have been reviewed by working groups, and four plans have been approved in advance to enter into executive activities.” In line with the President’s announcement that research and technology should be able to define the country’s primary issues in the form of a research plan and solve these issues in cooperation with universities, seven main issues were defined with the Program and Budget Organization and the Supreme Council of the Ministry of Petroleum and Energy in the field of management and economics as the focal points and assigned to universities, which was very well received by students and universities.