The Director of Investment and Financing of the National Development Fund said: "The Ministry of Oil is one of the fund's largest debtors, and about $17 billion has not been repaid so far."
The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company emphasized that the country's oil sales and exports are pursued in accordance with macro policies and using various methods, saying: "We do not see the need to respond to all rumors, because our focus is on carrying out our main tasks."
The CEO of the National Oil Company said: "We use a variety of methods to sell oil; we have put both diversity and multiple markets on the agenda. The claim of stopping oil sales is not true and I deny it."
Etemad Newspaper wrote in a report: Despite the wave of rumors and psychological warfare against the oil industry, informed sources emphasize that Iran's oil exports continue uninterrupted; an issue that shows that sanctions and media hype have failed to stop the country's oil sales cycle.
A member of the Parliament's Cultural Commission said: "The trigger mechanism is a tired scarecrow that is unable to bring the Iranian nation to its knees and strike back; because Iran has learned ways to circumvent oppressive sanctions for years and knows how to navigate the path ahead."
By launching Fahlian Well No. 52 in the South Azadegan Field, Petropars Group increased the country's daily oil production by 3,000 barrels, bringing the field's capacity to 61,900 barrels per day.
The executor of the Cheshmeh Khosh, Dalpari, and Paydar Shargh oil fields development plan said: The pre-launch operation of the first mobile desalination unit in Iran's oil industry has begun, opening a new path to increase production capacity and facilitate the processing of salt oil in the country's oil fields.
The Deputy Minister of Petroleum for Engineering, Research and Technology announced the formation of a special working group with the aim of improving oil and gas production methods and tools and developing new technologies for increased recovery.
The head of planning and coordination of port, marine and transportation operations at the Iranian Offshore Oil Company said: "By carrying out a 2-kilometer offshore cable laying operation between the Nowruz field and the wellhead platforms and providing the electricity needed by these platforms, the oil production of the Nowruz field increased by 1,500 barrels per day."
The cleanup operation of more than 2,000 cubic meters of contaminated soil left over from past operations in the Aban and Paydar Gharb oil fields has begun.