Author Archives: mehrdadian

Oil and Gas Industry is a Prime Target for Cyber Criminals Oil and Gas Industry Accounted for 25% of Victims in June’s NotPetya Ransomware Attack; Frequency of Incidents Growing by 350% Year on Year ADIPEC 2017’s Security in Energy Conference Will Focus on Strategies to Mitigate Cyber Crime Risks and Deploy Defence Mechanisms to Protect Critical Industry Systems and Infrastructure ...

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The Iranian E&Ps: the road to maturity

Dr. Mohammad Ali Emadi, Deputy in Upstream Development Pasargad Energy Development Company How far are E&P companies from where they must be and how must this distance be covered in short- and long-term programs? Based on the needs of our country, a paradigm shift has been started for several reasons. One of these reasons is the changes in production conditions ...

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A review of IPC contracts; Structures and divisions

Iran has only been using the buy-back model till 2013. Despite the significant successes during the low oil price era, this contractual model had some unsatisfactory limitations; such as: lack of a reasonable connection with market changes, limited financial structure, and difficulty in change of scope depending on reservoir behavior. The new model was designed by considering all limitations. In ...

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A review of IPC contracts; Structures and divisions

Iran has only been using the buy-back model till 2013. Despite the significant successes during the low oil price era, this contractual model had some unsatisfactory limitations; such as: lack of a reasonable connection with market changes, limited financial structure, and difficulty in change of scope depending on reservoir behavior. The new model was designed by considering all limitations. In ...

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Iran: Total and NIOC sign contract for the development of phase 11 of the giant South Pars gas field

Total and the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) have signed a contract for the development and production of phase 11 of South Pars (SP11), the world’s largest gas field. The project will have a production capacity of 2 billion cubic feet per day or 400,000 barrels of oil equivalent per day including condensate. The produced gas will supply the Iranian ...

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World Petroleum Congress starts in Istanbul

500 top industry executives, 50 energy ministers and 6,000 delegates will converge on Istanbul for the 22nd World Petroleum Congress, which starts today. Referred to as the ‘Olympics’ of the oil industry, delegates will spend five days discussing a changing industry and an increasingly uncertain global environment. Oil prices have slumped almost 60% since reaching highs of more than $100 ...

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No. 6 Drilling Magazine Was Published Simultaneously With The Start Of 22nd World Petroleum Congress

The only Iranian journal at 2017 World Petroleum Congress Drilling Magazine as the highest circulated publication of upstream petroleum industry of Iran has a bold presence in the 22nd World Petroleum Congress. In this issue, we have tried to give our audience valuable information from the Asian and Iranian regional wells and fields so that the companies can decide to ...

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Prospects of Sustainable Development; a New Era of Oil Production in The Region

Gholamreza Manouchehri is a quite well-known figure to local and international E&P companies. Being the Deputy Manager of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) for Development and Engineering, he is in charge of all the development plans for Oil and Gas fields in Iran and an influential manager in IPC negotiations. What follows is an exclusive interview with Drilling Magazine ...

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