SHANA - Hamid Reza Araghi, the CEO of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC), appointed Hassan Montazer Torbati as his first deputy. According to the company, Mr. Araghi on Wednesday issued a decree based on which Mr. Torbati was granted the post as NIGC first deputy CEO and vice-chairman of its board of directors. Mr. Araghi will retire from ...

SHANA -- The National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) CEO, Hamid Reza Araghi, said the country was able to enhance its gas exports to the neighboring countries as well as other potential customers. According to IRNA, Mr. Araghi told the Russian Energy Week in Moscow on Wednesday about the current state of the gas market in the world, saying that consumption ...

Sputnik - The Trump administration's sanctions policy has brought Russia and Iran closer together in the field of energy cooperation, Iranian Deputy Minister of Oil Hamid-Reza Araghi told Sputnik. Given the growing demand for environmentally friendly fuel, Russian-Iranian gas cooperation is destined to thrive regardless of US restrictions, he opined....

MNA Deputy Minister of Oil and CEO of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid-Reza Araghi said that Islamic Republic of Iran is able to increase its oil exports volume in international level. Iran has high capability of exporting gas to the neighboring states and other countries, he reiterated. Speaking on the sidelines of Russian ...

SHANA -- A senior Iranian gas official says the country is planning to launch three specialized gas-research institutes in cooperation with leading universities and study centers. Speaking on the sidelines of a ceremony to launch the Gas Processing Institute of the Research Center of Petroleum Industry (RIPI), Hamid Reza Araghi, the managing director ...

SHANA -- Managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid-Reza Araghi said his company has planned to break grounds or launch gas projects with a total investment of IRR 120 billion (roughly $3b) to mark anniversary of the victory of the 1979 Islamic Revolution in Iran. Addressing a press conference here in Tehran on Monday, the official ...

SHANA National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) says the company is ready to get off the ground the land section of Iran-Oman gas pipeline project. Hamid Reza Araghi, NIGC managing director, "Based on the talks between Tehran and Muscat for developing the project, besides building the necessary infrastructure for exporting Iranian gas to Oman in the ...

SHANA A senior Iranian gas official says Tehran still honors a gas deal it signed with Georgia back in 2016. Hamid Reza Araghi, Iranian deputy petroleum minister for gas affairs, told Shana that Iran is geographically able to send gas to various countries but for exporting gas to Georgia, agreements must be made with Armenia as well. "Armenia's ...

Tasnim A top Iranian energy official unveiled plans for a rise in natural gas exports to neighboring Iraq next year. In an interview with Tasnim on Saturday, Managing Director of the National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid Reza Araqi said the countrys exports of natural gas to Iraq will increase during the spring and summer of 2018. Irans gas ...

Shana- Managing director of National Iranian Gas Company (NIGC) Hamid Reza Araghi said launching of Damghan-Neka gas pipeline will end Iran's need to import natural gas from Turkmenistan. Araghi said Iran, however, will continue swapping gas with its northern neighbor with the aim of enhancing its relations with regional countries. The pipeline ...