The record for daily gas consumption by power plants was broken in the week ending August 8, and on Monday (August 4), the highest consumption was recorded, with 312 million cubic meters.

Despite its high capacity for producing propane and propylene, Iran has been unable to produce polyurethane, a key material in various industries, and its heavy dependence on imports has revealed one of the missing links in the petrochemical value chain. According to Mohsen Ansari, a petrochemical expert, completing this chain could be a golden opportunity for economic development and reducing foreign dependence.

The Alvand offshore rig in the Kish operational area is in its final days of major repairs and will soon join the Iranian Offshore Oil Company's drilling fleet.

The CEO of the National Iranian Gas Company considered the overhaul program one of the company's red lines and said: "Overhauls in refineries and the gas transmission network are being carried out without any delay and according to schedule."

In 1404, Engineer Zahir Heydarinejad and the management team of Kermanshah Petrochemical Company took a different path with a strategic decision: targeted pre-sale of July, August and September products in export markets. This strategy not only solved the problem of warehouse capacity, but also gave the company the power to shift its focus from “selling under pressure” to “selling with maximum profit” in trade negotiations.

Coinciding with the first day of the 19th Iranplast International Exhibition, more than 11,000 square meters of exhibition space were reserved, which is a new record in exhibition registration in the country.

Iran's gas industry, as one of the main pillars of the country's energy supply, has faced serious challenges in recent years in attracting domestic and foreign investment. According to Morteza Behrouzifar, an energy expert, the misconception that was formed in previous governments about the transfer of capital and technology from countries such as China and Russia has given way to realism today, and these problems, which are mainly due to sanctions and the lack of technical and financial capacity of domestic companies, have jeopardized the development process and even the maintenance of production capacity.

Amirkabir Petrochemical Complex, one of Iran’s industrial companies in the Bandar-e-Imam Petrochemical Special Economic Zone, plays a key role in supplying raw materials to domestic industries and exports with an annual production of more than 1.5 million tons of petrochemical products. Established in 1998, the complex is today known as one of the most diverse polyethylene producers in the country.

The increase in Iranian crude oil storage in Malaysian waters and the reduction in Chinese imports from the country following severe US sanctions have presented serious challenges to the flow of Iranian oil trade. With more than 30 million barrels of oil accumulated in stranded tankers, Iran is struggling to protect its market from geopolitical pressures.

Referring to the signing of a public-private partnership agreement to complete the Tabas Thermal Power Plant, the CEO of the Thermal Power Company said: "This will be a major step towards exploiting this project and diversifying the country's portfolio of energy carriers and primary sources of electricity production."