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.
China’s oil imports from Iran increase after new quotas issued
China's independent refiners have increased their intake of Iranian crude oil after Beijing issued a new round of import quotas late last month.
Meet Mobin Energy Persian Gulf, one of the world’s largest centralized utilities
Mobin Energy Persian Gulf Company, as one of the largest centralized utility units in the world, with an area of over 88 hectares in Phase One of the South Pars Special Economic Zone in Assaluyeh, plays a key role in providing energy and infrastructure services for petrochemical complexes.
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Chains that are not yet complete; Behind the scenes of the failure of MTO and MTP projects in Iran
While value chain development has become a common buzzword in Iranian petrochemical industry literature, many projects, including MTO and MTP, are still stalled at the raw material sales stage. Petrochemical expert Mohsen Ansari considers “the need for large investments” and “feed instability” to be the most important reasons for the failure of these projects. According to him, in the current situation, the “ethylene” and “propylene” chains have the greatest potential for real completion in Iran and more focus needs to be placed on their development.
The Executive Plan for Oil Financial Transparency was reviewed by the Seventh Program’s Steering Council
The "Executive Plan for Transparency of Revenues and Expenditures of the National Iranian Oil Company," subject of Section 18 of Article 119, was discussed at today's meeting of the Steering Council of the Seventh Progress Program.
Success of major repairs at South Pars Site 2 relying on Iranian knowledge
The deputy head of Site 2 of the South Pars Gas Complex announced the successful implementation of major repairs at the refineries of this site and said: "This operation, relying on local technical knowledge and equipment, is an important step in increasing the productivity and sustainability of natural gas production."
China’s decisive response to the US: Oil purchases from Iran and Russia continue
In response to US calls to stop buying oil from Iran and Russia, China's Foreign Ministry stressed that Beijing will not change its energy policy under external pressure.
Getting to know one of Iran’s petrochemical companies: This part is Maroon Petrochemical
Maroon Petrochemical Company is one of the largest petrochemical production complexes in Iran, which was established on February 1, 1998, with the aim of implementing the Seventh Olefin Project.
Water crisis in Iranian dams; only 43 percent of reservoir capacity is full
Currently, despite 22.2 billion cubic meters of water stored in the country's dams, 43 percent of the dam reservoirs' capacity is full and 57 percent of this capacity is empty.
Average daily gas consumption in power plants reached 306 million cubic meters
Power plant gas consumption remained at its highest level in the week ending August 10, bringing the average daily consumption of this sector to more than 306 million cubic meters.
Stabilizing production of 55,000 barrels of crude oil with technical reforms at Karun Company
Karun Oil and Gas Exploitation Company has taken a major step in increasing production capacity by implementing technical and operational reforms in upstream and downstream facilities, while stabilizing daily production of 55,000 barrels of crude oil.
Why has Iran not been successful in building refineries?
Refining expert Mehdi Mohseni, referring to the global energy transition trend, emphasizes that developing and building new refineries without improving the demand side will not lead anywhere. In his opinion, the main solution is to increase the complexity factor and create additional units in existing refineries.
Increasing gas transmission capacity in the north of the country
The Director of Region 4 of Iran's Gas Transmission Operations announced: By transferring the second compressor of the Farouj gas booster station to the Ramsar station, gas transmission capacity will be improved during the cold season and the infrastructure of gas booster stations in the north of the country will be strengthened.
