Tankers sanctioned by the United States in January have been used in recent ship-to-ship (STS) transfers of Russian crude on vessels that have ultimately discharged oil in India, Bloomberg reported on Wednesday, citing tanker-tracking data from Kpler and Vortexa.
The manager of the 12th refinery at South Pars Gas Complex announced targeted plans to increase production capacity, improve product quality, reduce pollutants, and enhance equipment reliability.
OPEC and its allies reiterated their commitment to oil market stability by extending production targets until 2026 and mandating new measures for sustainable output evaluation.
India's energy future is taking shape, steadily moving towards self-sufficiency, Union Minister for Petroleum and Natural Gas, Hardeep Singh Puri, said on Tuesday.
The director of oil and gas production supervision at the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) reported significant progress in flare gas recovery projects, stating that the company is legally required to collect and inject a major portion of associated petroleum gases into the national grid or downstream industries by the end of the Seventh Development Plan.
Brent crude futures rose 26 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $65 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate (WTI) crude rose 25 cents, or 0.4 percent, to $61.78 a barrel.
India is expected to experience a surge in power demand and renewable energy build-out, if it boosts investments, according to the Rocky Mountain Institute.
Saudi Arabia and Kuwait have announced a new oil discovery in the so-called Partitioned Zone (PZ) between the two OPEC heavyweights which share equally output from the area.
Pasargad Energy Development Company (PEDC) has leveraged artificial intelligence to launch a localized platform for integrated well, reservoir, and surface facility management, as well as the oil industry’s first upstream AI assistant (UIA) based on large language models (LLMs). These innovations have significantly reduced search times and streamlined experts’ access to technical knowledge.
The deputy oil minister announced that Iran is ahead of its planned exploration targets, expressing hope that new technologies will help discover additional oil fields—even smaller ones—while facilitating private sector involvement through IPC contracts or other models.
Brent crude futures rose 39 cents, or 0.6 percent, to $65.17 a barrel, while U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude rose 33 cents, or 0.5 percent, to $61.86 a barrel.
The CEO of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) stressed the need to expedite the implementation of projects by the Iranian Offshore Oil Company (IOOC) in the Persian Gulf.
Former NIOC exploration director warns of increasing difficulty in oil and gas discovery due to low-risk reserves, despite Iran's significant potential for new resources.
The deputy CEO of the National Iranian Drilling Company (NIDC) announced the drilling and completion of 20 onshore oil and gas wells in the first two months of this year (March 21-May 21) using the company’s rigs.
The head of safety and firefighting at National Iranian Petrochemical Company announced that digital transformation and artificial intelligence strategies will be added to future safety and firefighting programs in the petrochemical industry.
The International Energy Agency (IEA) has again found its ‘missing barrels’. Although the term should be viewed as a misnomer. Barrels are never actually missing; it is just that global demand for oil is being materially under-counted.
The CEO of Isfahan Refinery emphasized that more than 70% of the refinery’s products have been upgraded to meet Euro standards, stating that the facility produces about 15 million liters of Euro 5 gasoline and 25 million liters of diesel daily.
The caretaker of Iranian Gas Engineering and Development Company announced progress on strategic projects in gas storage, transmission, measurement, and optimization, stating that the country’s gas storage capacity will more than double with the launch of expansion projects in Sarajeh and Shourijeh.