A package of strategic fuel-demand management measures has driven the country's gasoline consumption growth into decline for the first time since the COVID period.
The managing director of the Shahid Hasheminejad Gas Refining Company has announced the deployment of smart systems and domestically developed software to improve equipment reliability, optimize operations and reduce the refinery's energy intensity each year.
The Oil Ministry's deputy for management development and human capital has announced a program to identify and prioritize the industry's technology needs in human capital, in cooperation with the Oil Industry Technology and Innovation Park. The aim is for knowledge-based and technology firms to offer products and services matched to the oil industry's real problems.
The president outlined the government's operational plan for managing energy consumption at three levels: executive bodies and the public sector, the economic and production sector, and the public and household sector. Stressing the need to turn announced plans and directives into measurable action, he called for a continuous monitoring and performance-evaluation mechanism across the country.
Iran has approved and issued a document and roadmap for regional energy diplomacy, with an action plan for oil and refined products, gas and petrochemicals built around specific indicators, the caretaker oil minister said.
The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) is using future purchase commitments in first-time manufacturing contracts to create a reliable market for technology-based products developed by new technology-based firms and strengthen domestic manufacturing capabilities.
The Sarajeh Operational District in Qom Province has completed its seasonal gas storage operations and is preparing to begin withdrawal in mid-November to help maintain pressure in Iran’s national gas pipeline network during the winter months, an official said.
Farrokh Alikhani, caretaker of the National Iranian Oil Company’s executive affairs and director of integrated planning, appointed Hamidreza Masoudi as caretaker of Pars Oil and Gas Company (POGC), replacing Touraj Dehqani.
A senior official at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) has called for continued exploration in the Zagros region and more extensive assessments of potential resources in northern, northwestern, northeastern and central Iran, as well as the Persian Gulf.
Speaking at the 28th Ministerial Meeting of the Gas Exporting Countries Forum (GECF), Hamid Bovard, Caretaker Minister of Petroleum of the Islamic Republic of Iran, called on member states to turn the Forum into a more resilient and investment-oriented platform.