Explaining the most important measures taken by the Ministry of Oil last year, the Minister of Oil emphasized: The Ministry of Oil plans to accelerate measures in this field and has short-term projects carried out by the private sector, as well as long-term and infrastructure projects on the agenda.
The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company announced the achievement of a new record in the country's oil production, saying: "Crude oil production in early September of this year reached its highest level in the last seven and a half years, and this success is the result of the round-the-clock efforts of oil industry experts and employees to achieve the goals of the 14th government and strengthen the national economy."
The head of the Oil Industry Technology and Innovation Park, emphasizing that no technological development is possible without networking and real cooperation between knowledge suppliers and problem owners, said: The Oil Industry Park pursues three major missions in the field of the oil industry value chain, smartization and digital transformation, and consumption management, and is trying to use technologies to solve strategic issues in the oil industry with a business-oriented perspective.
The Deputy Minister of Petroleum for Engineering, Research and Technology emphasized the importance of synergy between the University of Petroleum Industry, the Petroleum Industry Research Institute, and the Petroleum Industry Technology and Innovation Park, saying: "The cooperation of these three complexes not only provides the basis for the technological development of the oil industry, but can also create job opportunities for the country's youth and strengthen the motivation to stay and serve within the country."
The International Energy Agency reported an increase of about 200,000 barrels of Iranian crude oil in July.
In today's press conference, the Deputy Minister of Oil announced the stable supply of gas to petrochemicals last year without complete interruption and announced that despite an imbalance of 300 million cubic meters of gas, the Ministry of Oil's careful planning has increased power plant reserves by 60 percent this year.
Iran is a country with a significant portion of its territory built on sedimentary basins, areas that could be the main source of hydrocarbon reserves. But the key question is which of these basins have the greatest discovery potential and why have some of them, such as Makran, received less attention?
Explaining the company's plans, the CEO of the National Southern Oilfields Company emphasized: "Given the global conditions of fossil fuels and environmental challenges, there is not much opportunity left to maximize the extraction of oil fields, so we must implement development and production increase plans with greater diligence and speed."
Energy expert Saeed Saviz has unveiled a new method for increasing oil recovery for the first time. He says that using low-salt water injection could offset the decline in production in Iran's oil fields and even increase production capacity in the long term. In addition to relying on indigenous knowledge, the method will also respond to concerns such as water crises and land subsidence by reducing pressure on freshwater resources.
Officials at Behran Oil Company announced that the recent fire has no connection to the company. The HSE unit and the refinery firefighting team have also been deployed to the site with three fire extinguishers to carry out containment operations in the event of a possible spread.
