The dark fleet of Iran, Russia and Venezuela has reached nearly 1,000 ships

The dark fleet of Iran, Russia and Venezuela has reached nearly 1,000 ships

Bloomberg reported in a new report that nearly 978 tankers are operating in the so-called “dark fleet,” a network that supports oil exports from Iran, Venezuela and Russia and accounts for about 19 percent of the global fleet. The data comes as a large tanker was seized near Venezuela, which was previously under U.S. sanctions for its involvement in transporting Iranian oil.

South Pars reaches operational self-sufficiency

South Pars reaches operational self-sufficiency

South Pars announced that it will meet the majority of its operational needs by relying on domestic capacity and cooperation with knowledge-based companies; a path that has brought the complex to the threshold of industrial independence by localizing more than 15,000 components and creating a smart supply chain.

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China becomes self-sufficient in propylene production with Iranian methanol

China becomes self-sufficient in propylene production with Iranian methanol

Iran exports millions of tons of methanol to China annually at a meager profit, while the country has created hundreds of times more value added by converting the same methanol into propylene, the “petrochemical caviar,” and has achieved 96 percent self-sufficiency in propylene production. An opportunity that Iran could have used to complete its petrochemical value chain by investing in domestic MTP units and move from selling crude to creating sustainable wealth.