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TEHRAN, Feb. 07 (Shana) — Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh and his Omani counterpart Mohammed bin Hamad Al Rumhy held energy talks in Tehran on Tuesday.
Prior to the Tuesday talks Zangeneh expressed optimism that the talks would bear favorable results for the two countries.
“We regard Iran more than a commercial partner and see it as a friend and a brother country,” said Al Rumhy for his part before the talks began in Tehran.
“We are here today to hold more talks about the project,” said the Omani official.
Almost a third of the gas exported by Iran to Oman will be turned into liquefied natural gas (LNG) in the sultanate’s Qalhat plant, and the rest will be consumed domestically.
In October, experts from Iran and Oman held talks with representatives of Royal Dutch Shell, Total and South Korea’s Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) in assessment of the gas project.