OPEC’s ultimate fighter: Iran’s man battled bombs and sanctions
Bloomberg | Grant Smith and Golnar Motevalli: He survived a bombing that left him badly wounded, shrugged off accusations of arms smuggling,…
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Iran OPEC boss dies
SHANA — Iran’s OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili died early Saturday after suffering a brain hemorrhage and spending nearly two weeks in…
Iran’s OPEC governor in coma after brain haemorrhage
Reuters – Iran’s OPEC Governor Hossein Kazempour Ardebili is in a coma after a “severe brain haemorrhage”, SHANA, the news site of…
Draft deal on oil output cuts due in days: Iran minister
Press TV – Iran’s Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh says a draft agreement on massive cuts to the global oil supply would…
Iran doesn’t agree with OPEC+ meet without clear outcome: minister
Reuters – Iran does not agree with holding any OPEC+ meeting in the absence of a clear proposal and expected outcome from…
Iranian oil minister confirms OPEC agreed a 1.5 million bpd cut
Reuters – The Iranian oil minister confirmed on Thursday that OPEC ministers had agreed an extra 1.5 million barrel per day (bpd)…
Zanganeh: Upcoming negotiations with Novak to revolve around intl. oil market
MNA – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh announced on Saturday that his upcoming talks with his Russian counterpart Alexander Novak is…
Oil prices rise as OPEC mulls drastic output cuts — Market Talk
The Wall Street Journal – Oil prices tick higher as Saudi Arabia mulls drastic, temporary cuts to production to bolster crude prices,…
Zangeneh satisfied with talks at OPEC 177th conference
SHANA – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh expressed satisfaction at the negotiations between OPEC members on Thursday, announcing an extraordinary OPEC…
Iran retains ‘Strong Voice’ in OPEC ahead of key meeting
AFP | Benoit Pellegrin: Iran, hit by year-long US oil sanctions and recent protests over domestic fuel price hikes, retains a “strong…
Photos: Iranian oil minister meets OPEC’s Barkindo in Vienna
SHANA | Hassan Hoseini: Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh meets OPEC’s Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo in Vienna on Thursday.
We would never forfeit Iranian nation’s rights: Zangeneh
SHANA – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said he and his team would never give up on the Iranian nation’s rights.…
Iran backs OPEC decision on output cuts
IRNA – Iran’s Representative to OPEC said on Thursday that Tehran supports the decision of the majority of the OPEC member states…
Iranian oil minister to meet OPEC’s Barkindo in Vienna – source
Reuters – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh will meet OPEC’s Secretary General Mohammad Barkindo at 10.30 a.m. (0930 GMT), a source with…
Iran largest petrol producer in OPEC
SHANA — Completion and operation of the Persian Gulf Star Refinery, as the largest gas condensate refinery in the world, implementation and…
OPEC+ considers possibility of US easing Iran sanctions
Tehran Times – Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and its allies (known as OPEX+), In its latest committee meeting on Thursday,…
Iran biggest gasoline producer among OPEC members: NIOPDC chief
MNA – Chief of the National Iranian Oil Product Distribution Company (NIOPDC) announced that producing 115 million liters of gasoline, Iran is…
Zanganeh appoints OPEC director at Iran Oil Ministry
MNA – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh issued a decree appointing Mohammad Taeb as the director-general of OPEC Affairs at the Iranian…
OPEC wants quick resolution to tensions between US and Iran, Venezuela
Oil Price – OPEC has asked on Monday for a timely settlement to the tensions that have flared up between the United…
OPEC’s decisions no longer liable to outside pressure: Zangeneh
MNA – Iranian Oil Minister Zangeneh said “important changes” have been made to OPEC in a way that decisions made outside OPEC…
Iran exempted from OPEC output cut deal again
MNA – Iranian Minister of Petroleum Bijan Zangeneh said the country was exempted from an agreement among OPEC members to continue capping…
Iran’s oil minister meets with OPEC president in Vienna
Tasnim – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zangeneh met with the OPEC President Manuel Quevedo, who is also Venezuelan Oil Minister, in Vienna…
Iran warns ‘unilateralism’ between Saudi Arabia and Russia could lead to the death of OPEC
CNBC – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh believes “unilateralism” among some OPEC members could ultimately lead to the death of the Middle…
Zanganeh on mission to protect Iran’s share of Global oil market
Tasnim – Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, who is in the Austrian capital of Vienna to attend a meeting of the…
Despite Iran sanctions, Persian Gulf tensions OPEC+ agree to extend oil production cuts
Radio Farda – Leaders from Russia and Saudi Arabia say the so-called OPEC+ group has agreed to extend by six to nine…
Iran conditionally endorses OPEC meeting date change
MNA – Iran’s oil minister has disagreed with a plan to postpone an upcoming meeting of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting…
Iran has no intention of withdrawing from OPEC – Iranian oil minister
Sputnik – In May, Iranian authorities vowed to retaliate if their interests in the Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) are harmed.…
Oil up on escalating US-Iran tensions, but trade war worries cap gains
Reuters – Oil prices rose on Tuesday on escalating U.S.-Iran tensions and amid expectations that producer club OPEC will continue to withhold…
Iran oil sanctions and energy security
SHANA | Heshmatollah Razavi: Today, May 19, Saudi Arabia hosts a meeting of OPEC+ monitoring committee to review oil market trends and…
Soaring oil prices cast shadow on US ahead of Opec meeting
The Guardian | Patrick Wintour: In November 2018, Donald Trump tweeted: “Oil prices getting lower … a tax cut for America and…
Iranian heavy crude oil price rises $4.35 per barrel in April: OPEC
MNA – Iranian heavy oil price increased $4.35, according to OPEC’s latest monthly report to reach $68.5 in April. As the same…
OFID approves $500,000 aid to flood-hit areas in Iran
IRNA – Iran’s ambassador and permanent representative to the international organizations in Vienna Kazem Gharibabadi on Tuesday announced that OPEC Fund for…
Persian Gulf oil flow plunges as Trump turns the screw on Iran’s exports
Bloomberg | Julian Lee: Exports of crude and condensate from the OPEC countries of the Persian Gulf, which account for about 75…
Photos: OPEC Sec. Gen. Barkindo visits Iran Oil Show
SHANA | M.Mohammadgholi: The Secretary General of the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries Mohammed S. Barkindo visited the 24th Iran International…
OPEC tries to depoliticize oil, Barkindo says in Tehran
Reuters – OPEC tries to depoliticize oil, the producer group’s secretary-general was quoted by the Iranian oil ministry as saying on Thursday,…
OPEC’s Barkindo says impossible to eliminate Iranian oil from market: SHANA
Reuters – It is impossible to eliminate Iranian oil from the global market, OPEC Secretary-General Mohammad Barkindo was quoted as saying by…
Sanctions pressures spur debate on Iran’s OPEC membership
Bourse and Bazaar | Reza Zandi: Today, the 24th edition of the Tehran International Oil and Gas Exhibition opens. Tomorrow, the U.S. waivers…
Oil falls on swelling US stockpiles, but global markets tense
Reuters – Oil prices fell on Wednesday after a report showed a rise in U.S. crude inventories, but global markets remained tense…
Oil falls after Trump presses OPEC to make up for Iranian sanctions
Reuters – Oil prices fell on Monday, extending a slump from Friday that ended weeks of rallying, after President Donald Trump demanded…
Trump says OPEC can step up output after Iran waivers
Reuters – U.S. President Donald Trump said on Monday that Saudi Arabia and other OPEC nations could “more than make up” for…