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Assaluyeh, March 30(Shana) — Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh says the new Iranian calendar year (began March 21) will be an “exceptional” year for Iran’s petroleum and petrochemical industries as several major projects are scheduled to come on-stream during the year. “This year, Iran will launch historic projects in the oil and petrochemical sectors that will be unprecedented in ...

TEHRAN, March 29 (Shana) — Iran’s National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Russia’s energy giant, Gazprom, signed a memorandum on gas cooperation. The memorandum was signed in the Kremlin where Iranian President Hassan Rouhani met his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin on Tuesday. Iran and Russia signed 14 cooperation documents on various grounds including political, economic, legal, judiciary, scientific and cultural ...

Moscow, March 29 (Shana) — Tehran and Moscow intend to increase the volume of their annual trade exchanges to 10 billion dollars, President Hassan Rouhani says. President Rouhani made the remarks Tuesday evening during a dinner banquet with Iranian nationals living in Russia, IRNA reported. “It takes several years for the people to know all the aspects of the Joint ...

TEHRAN, March 28 (Shana) — Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh accompanied President Hassan Rouhani in his Moscow visit. President Hassan Rouhani, heading a high ranking delegation, arrived in Moscow on Monday for a two-day official visit to Russia. Upon his arrival, the Iranian president and his entourage were welcomed by Russian officials at the airport, IRNA reported. Accompanied by ...

If we compare our hydrocarbon resources with each other before and after the Islamic revolution, it will be concluded that in spite of all products that we had in those years, the amounts of current reserves have been much more than before the revolution. It is because of the exploration of many reservoirs. Although the vast majority of them had ...

In order to better implement technical safety and quality characteristics in this industry, a comprehensive automation system is needed to be applied for the integrated management of all operations in upstream industry. A comprehensive support system that is not only limited to HSEQ, but also includes other technical, operational, financial and project management sections, too. At the present, due to ...

Since the day mankind started digging wells on earth in search of hydrocarbon resources, they have been struggling with the phenomenon of uncontrolled well blowout. Over the past hundred years, it has been repeated again and again, causing extensive damage to the environment and to the tools and work force. With the increasing depth of wells drilled in different parts ...

In order to produce a full suite of roller cone and PDC drill bits, it is essential to combine the most advanced knowledge and understanding of bit design with the latest manufacturing technology. Steerability and stability are two major characteristics of a qualified drill bit. A comprehensive design approach achieves the “sweet spot” of performance through capturing drilling requirements, identifying ...

Subsequent to the release and endorsement of the new upstream contract framework – Iran petroleum contract (IPC) – several companies with experience in different sectors of the Oil and Gas Industry took part in the appraisal process run by the Ministry of Petroleum. The purpose of this appraisal was the identification and shortlisting of qualified candidates to establish exploration and ...

With the exploration of oil and gas in the last century and last decades, providing a suitable infrastructure with the highest efficiency of these God-given resources to explore and produce oil and gas was given secondary priority and oil-producing countries were seeking to produce and make use of these underground resources rapidly. Therefore, considering the fact that this profitable industry ...