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,…
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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…
Oil prices rise on lower US stocks, OPEC+ supply cuts
Reuters – Oil prices rose slightly on Thursday, boosted by a decline in U.S. inventories, ongoing supply cuts from OPEC and its…
Iranian heavy crude oil price grows $5.10 per barrel in Feb.: OPEC
MNA – According to OPEC’s latest monthly report, Iranian heavy oil price increased $5.10 per barrel in February, 2019, reaching $61.29. According…
Worries over global economy outweighs geopolitical factors in setting oil prices
Tehran Times – The upward trend of the oil prices in the market hit a stop point on Tuesday when the International…
Oil rises amid OPEC supply cuts, US sanctions on Iran and Venezuela
Reuters – Oil prices rose on Wednesday, pushed up by ongoing supply cuts from producer group OPEC and by U.S. sanctions against…
Oil nudges higher on Venezuela and Iran sanctions, OPEC cuts
Reuters – Oil edged up on Thursday amid ongoing OPEC-led supply cuts and U.S. sanctions against exporters Venezuela and Iran, but price…
Oil settles 1 percent higher on hopes of market rebalance, trade deal
Reuters – Crude prices rose more than 1 percent on Wednesday to their highest level this year on hopes that oil markets…
Despite sanctions, Iran’s oil exports rise in early 2019: sources
Reuters | Alex Lawler: Iran’s exports of crude oil were higher than expected in January and are at least holding steady this month,…
Iran heavy crude price ticks up
Financial Tribune – Iran’s heavy crude oil gained $1.45 or 2.6% per barrel in January compared to December when it was traded…
Ex-envoy urges diversification of Iran oil customers
Tasnim – A former envoy of Iran to the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) called for efforts to diversify the…
OPEC, allies cutting oil production drastically
IRNA- Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), in its latest report, announced the reduction of the production of 1,200,000 barrels of oil…
Oil rises to $57 on OPEC cuts, China-US trade talks
Tasnim – Oil rose to around $57 a barrel on Friday after China said it would hold trade talks with the United…
Oversupply, faltering growth to weigh on oil prices in 2019: Reuters poll
Reuters |Brijesh Pate: Crude oil prices look likely to trade below $70 per barrel in 2019 as surplus production, much of it…
Why Iran’s positive OPEC spin won’t last
Oil Price | Tim Daiss: In recent months, it’s been difficult to hear any positive statements coming from Iran’s troubled oil sector,…
Iran gov’t confident OPEC will reach deal on output cuts
Sputnik – Iranian officials say OPEC’s recent decision to cut output will reflect positively on the Islamic Republic’s economy, as Tehran is…
What would the end of OPEC mean?
RT – The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries – the oil market institution that has exerted an unyielding power over the…