The oil minister said about the rumor of budgeting for gasoline imports in the first six months of this year: The budget law provides 6 trillion tomans for gasoline imports, which is about half of the projected budget for the year.
The director of the Oil Engineering and Development Company announced that with the launch of a mobile desalination unit in Cheshmeh Khosh Square, the daily production of the square increased by 4,000 barrels to 6,000 barrels, adding that the figure is expected to increase by the end of the year to 6,000 barrels a day.
The Iraqi plan with Oman to build an oil pipeline could provide a new route for Iran to hide sanctions as Iraqi oil and send it freely, especially to China, by circumventing inspections in the Persian Gulf.
As the trigger mechanism becomes approaching and the return of international sanctions, the issue of the impact of these sanctions on Iranian oil exports has been hot again. "The activation of the trigger mechanism usually increases the risk of sanctions, and in the Iranian market, instead of raising prices, it appears more discounts than oil indicators," says energy expert Abdullah Babakhani.
Petroleum Minister on the outskirts of the Government: The trigger mechanism will not create a new annoying restriction on oil sales; Over the past few years, we have faced so severe restrictions on cruel and unilateral Americans, which in fact may not add much to it.
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."