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voda 8 september 2012 16:52

Iran plans to boost fuel storage capacity by 1 billion liters

Tehran Times reported that 5 fuel storage facilities will be inaugurated by March 2013 in Iran boosting the national fuel storage capacity by 1.2 billion liters to 12.8 billion liters.

Mr Heydar Shamsi an official with the National Iranian Oil Products Distribution Company said that four new storage facilities will be commissioned by the end of the current Iranian year.

He said that at present, Iran has the capacity to store 11.6 billion liters of fuel which is sufficient for 58 days consumption. Last year, 16 storage facilities were inaugurated nationwide boosting the country's storage capacity by 1 billion liters. The storage capacity is planned to hit 14.5 billion liters by 2016.

Mr Alireza Zeighami deputy oil minister of Iran said that a package of investment worth USD 47.5 billion has been prepared to develop different sectors of the oil refining and distribution industry. The national oil pipeline network will be expanded to 5100 kilometers from 3700 kilometers by 2015.

He said that some USD 2 billion should be invested by 2015 to boost the storage capacity of oil products, the official noted. Iran is now exporting gasoline and diesel fuel to neighboring countries.

Source - Tehran Times

NoRiskAtAll 9 september 2012 19:38

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voda 10 september 2012 16:35

Iranian oil selling at USD 115 on European markets

Mehr News Agency reported that European buyers purchased Iran’s light crude at USD 115.70 per barrel.

According to the National Iranian Oil Company, Iranian light crude was also sold at USD 113.40 per barrel on Asian markets.

In July, Mr Rostam Qasemi oil minister of Iran said that although the West has imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil sector with the goal of toppling the Islamic establishment, the country’s oil exports will never be halted because oil consuming countries need Iranian crude. There are many ways to easily sell oil, one of which is to take advantage of businessmen and the private sector.”

At the beginning of 2012, the United States and the European Union imposed new sanctions on Iran’s oil and financial sectors with the goal of preventing other countries from purchasing Iranian oil and conducting transactions with the Central Bank of Iran.
On June 9, Iran called fellow OPEC members Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, and the United Arab Emirates oil quota violators and accused them of depressing global crude prices by over pumping.

Mr Mohammad Ali Khatibi Iran’s OPEC governor said that “It is not right that two or three countries compensate for a country that is being sanctioned. OPEC members should not work against each other.”

Source - Mehr News Agency

voda 10 september 2012 16:36

Turkey increased Iranian oil purchases in August

Reuters reported that Turkey's imports of Iranian crude oil jumped in August, risking friction with the United States after hitting a multi year low in July as it used Iranian owned tankers to avoid insurance hurdles.

Shipping sources said that the United States gave several countries sanction waivers after they cut imports prior to the imposition of the full embargo. Turkey was granted a 180 day exception from sanctions from June 11 as a result of an initial 20% cut.

EU sanctions cover the region's marine insurance sector which dominates the industry, effectively cutting off all usual avenues for tanker insurance. Turkish imports of Iranian crude oil surpassed Turkey's 2011 average of 180,000 barrels per day in August.

Data from a shipping source and AIS Live ship tracking on Reuters showed that around 200,000 barrels per day of Iranian crude oil were discharged at the import terminals Aliaga and Tutunciflik for Turkey's sole refiner Tupras.

Tupras used two Iranian tankers to bring Iranian crude from storage at the Egyptian port of Sidi Kerir. The port is the end point of the Sumed pipeline, an alternative route to the Suez Canal for oil shipments coming into the Mediterranean from the Red Sea.

The Suezmax Blossom discharged around 145,000 tonnes of crude oil three times at the Turkish port of Tutunciflik and once at its other import terminal Aliaga. The VLCC Valor also discharged at Aliaga.

One of the Blossom shipments and the Valor shipment were lifted from Sidi Kerir at the end of July and arrived at the start of August. Imports previously plummeted to a two and a half year low in July at 48,000 bpd after Turkey struggled to insure its own tankers to lift the oil and ultimately started using an Iranian vessel.

Iran's remaining buyers China, India, South Korea, Japan and Turkey were forced to cut imports sharply in July. Tupras is wholly reliant on Iranian owned tankers as they are still unable to insure their own vessels.

A Turkey based shipping source close to Tupras said that right now they cannot carry any Iranian oil with their own tankers that problem is still not solved. They are aware of the other countries that pay double the premium they are paying to obtain insurance from other local players like Kish but for them that is not on the table at least for now.

Iran's biggest tanker operator, NITC has USD 1 billion in ship insurance cover to keep its fleet on the water with alternative cover in Asia and through Iranian privately owned Kish P&I.

Kish relies on state run Central Insurance of Iran as its reinsurer. Any claim would likely have to go through a sanctioned bank but the firm said it was confident it would be able to pay in the event of an accident.

Source - Reuters

voda 10 september 2012 16:37

Iran and Russia to boost reaches out to on oil and gas cooperation

The Iranian government is interested in working with Russian companies in the oil and natural gas sector.

Mr Rostam Qasemi oil minister of Iran said that country was producing around 4 million barrels of oil per day. Half of that was for exports. He was looking forward to positive results from his approach with his Russian counterparts.

Mr Qasemi said that "We welcome cooperation with Russian companies if they are ready to invest in Iran's oil and gas sector and develop oil and gas deposits. However, at present we do not have any joint projects."

He said that Tehran aimed to use money from a national stabilization fund to develop its oil and natural gas industries.

Source: ria.ru

voda 10 september 2012 16:37

Iran can match Qatar in natural gas extraction by next year

Trend News Agency cited Mr Mousa Souri MD of Pars Oil and Gas Company as saying that Iran is not lagging so much behind Qatar in the extraction of natural gas from the joint South Pars gas field and will compensate for the delay by next year.

Mr Souri said that "Some people say Qatar's gas production is 100 times that of Iran's. This is a weird comment because the world's total gas production is 50 times that of Iran's. Iran extracts some 285 million cubic meters of natural gas per day from the South Pars gas field.”

He said that Iran's natural gas output will rise by 100 million cubic meters by September 2013, once 11 phases of the South Pars gas field come on stream. The output has been increased by 735 million cubic meters since the beginning of the current year, started on March 20.

The South Pars gas field is shared by Iran and Qatar. The Iranian share, which is divided into 29 phases has about 14 trillion cubic meters of gas, or about eight per cent of the total world reserves and more than 18 billion barrels of liquefied natural gas resources.

Source - Trend News Agency

voda 11 september 2012 16:56

Iran and Turkey agree to transfer Turkmen gas to Europe

Trend cited Mr Javad Owji MD of National Iranian Gas Company as saying that Iran and Turkey have agreed to transfer natural gas from Turkmenistan to Europe.

Mr Javad Owji said that tantamount to the volume of natural gas which is projected to be exported to Europe via Turkey, Turkmenistan will transit its gas via Iran to Turkey.

Recently, Mr Rostam Qasemi oil minister of Iran held talks with Mr Cevdet Yilmaz development minister of Turkey in Tehran with the main topic of increasing exports of Iranian gas to its neighboring country.

Mr Yilmaz said that an Iranian delegation will travel to Turkey for further negotiations with Mr Taner Yildiz energy minister of Turkey.

Mr Alireza Gharibi MD of Iran's Gas Engineering and Development Company said that the third section of the 6th cross country gas pipeline of Iran which is aimed to export natural gas to Europe via Turkey is around 48% complete.

Once the pipeline comes on stream it will have the capacity to transfer 100 million cubic meters of gas per day. However, the economic feasibility of the Southern Gas Corridor and in particular the construction of 300 kilometers of pipes beneath the waters of the Caspian Sea is said to be cheaper and shorter.

A meeting of senior representatives of energy ministries of Azerbaijan, Turkey, Turkmenistan and the EU Energy Commissioner Günther Oettinger was held earlier this week in Ashgabat and was another step in the achievement of this goal. The main issue in the talks was the implementation of the Trans Caspian gas pipeline.

Source - Trend

voda 11 september 2012 16:57

Sanctions on Iran hits Sri Lankan oil refining process

The refining of Arabian Light crude oil has resulted in a decline in the output of petrol and kerosene in Sri Lanka.

The country previously used Iranian Light crude oil, which has now been stopped following the US sanctions on Iran. The government has now turned to the next option, Arabian Light crude oil.

Mr Susil Premajayantha petroleum minister of Sri Lanka said that ”The government had no other option but to look for alternative crude oil supplies since Iranian Light could not be imported. The yield from Arabian Light crude oil was less than Iranian Light. Out that the sulphur content in Arabian Light crude oil was higher than Iranian Light.”

Mr Premajayantha said that “Usually when 5,000 tonnes of Iranian crude is refined we produce 1,200 tonnes of diesel and 1,250 tonnes of petrol while rest is kerosene and furnace oil. However with Arabian Light crude oil we get around 1,400 tonnes of diesel and 600 tonnes of petrol.”

Nevertheless, Mr Ananda Palitha Secretary of the JSS said that the yield has declined when refining Arabian Light oil since it has not been mixed with another crude oil. If any other crude oil is used in the Sapugaskanda refinery other than Iranian Light crude it has to be mixed with crude. If we are refining Arabian Light it has to be mixed with Meri Light. The refinery could use only a crude oil blend in the absence of Iranian Light.

However, Mr Susantha Silva MD of CPC said that there was no necessity to mix Arabian Light with any other crude oil. Since we cannot import Iranian Light due to economic sanctions we have to import Arabian Light but there is no necessity to mix Arabian Light with another crude oil. The government was currently in discussion with the Iranian government to explore possibilities of importing oil from Iran. Meanwhile, pumping of crude oil from a shipment carrying 13,500 tonnes of crude oil commenced on Friday.

Mr Silva said that the pumping of crude oil from the ship that reached Colombo on August 28 was delayed due to a leak in the pipeline connected to the buoy. Pumping crude oil commenced on Friday after completing the repair work. The oil needs to settle once it is pumped to the refinery and we are looking at starting the refining process. However, since the starting up of the machinery at the refinery, which is currently shut down, the start of operations is expected to take around three days. We are hopeful that crude oil could be refined and the output taken out this Wednesday.

Source - The Sunday Leader

voda 12 september 2012 16:57

Iran exports oil via private firms

Reuters reported that Private Iranian companies have succeeded in exporting some of the country's oil despite tight Western sanctions.

European Union and US sanctions ban all imports of Iranian oil and apply to state run and private firms yet Iranian officials say private sellers can sidestep Western efforts to prevent Iran from selling oil.

Mr Hassan Khosrojerdi head of Iran's oil products exporters' union said that at least one cargo of Iranian oil has been shipped to an unnamed country by a private company helping limit the impact of pressure which has dented Iran's oil exports in 2012.

Mr Khosrojerdi said that "This shipment of oil was transferred to a foreign company using non Iranian oil tankers. Through negotiations and marketing with several foreign companies several new contracts have been signed to export oil through the private sector."

The National Iranian Oil Company has been solely responsible for exporting the Islamic Republic's crude until now. But Tehran has allowed private companies to try to sell some of it in a bid to get around sanctions aimed at starving it of funds for its disputed nuclear program.

Washington and Brussels have significantly tightened sanctions on Iran's energy and banking sectors this year to try to pressure Iran into stopping nuclear work they suspect is aimed at developing atomic weapons. Tehran denies this.

The European Union enforced a total embargo on the purchase of Iranian oil at the start of July, while Western political pressure and a ban on European insurers covering Iranian oil shipments has made it difficult for other buyers to import it.

Source - Reuters

voda 13 september 2012 16:33

Egypt denies in talks to buy Iranian oil

Reuters reported that Egypt denied comments attributed to Iranian Oil Minister Mr Rostam Qasemi that it was in talks to buy Iranian crude oil.

Mr Osama Kamal oil minister of Egypt said that "All that has been published on negotiations being held for Egypt to buy Iranian oil is completely devoid of truth. I can confirm that the Egyptian Petroleum Ministry has not entered into this type of negotiation before, and all that has been said on the matter is totally untrue."

Iran has been looking for new buyers for its oil as western sanctions over its disputed nuclear program squeeze sales to long time customers.

Iranian officials have said on several occasions over the last few months they are in talks to sell oil to new customers but rarely name them a n d there is little evidence of significant volumes of oil being shipped to new customers.

Diplomatic relations between Tehran and Cairo broke down after Iran's 1979 Islamic revolution over Egypt's support for the overthrown Shah and its peace agreement with Iran's arch enemy Israel.

Since the fall of President Mr Hosni Mubarak, there have been signs of warming relations including Egyptian President Mr Muhamed Mursi last month making the first visit to Tehran by an Egyptian leader in more than 30 years.

Mr Kamal said that state owned Al Ahram newspaper earlier this month that Cairo had no objection to importing Iranian crude and processing it in Egyptian refineries. The European Union imposed a total ban on purchases of Iranian crude from July making it difficult for Tehran to sell all its oil the lifeblood of its economy.

Source - Reuters

voda 13 september 2012 16:34

Iran private sector exports first oil consignment

MNA reported that the Iranian private sector has delivered the first shipment of crude oil to foreign buyers despite the US and EU sanctions targeting the Islamic Republic’s oil sector.

Mr Hassan Khosrojerdi chairman of the union of Iranian exporters of oil derivatives said that non Iranian tankers transported the oil. The private sector has signed several contracts to sell crude oil overseas. An agreement has been made that allows an Iranian consortium comprising private firms to export 20% of its oil exports to international markets including the EU. This equates to around 400,000 to 500,000 barrels of oil per day.

Economic experts said that Iran’s private sector will fill the gap created by international sanctions on Iran’s oil sector and central bank.

Mr Mohammad Ali Khatibi who is Iran’s OPEC governor and the director of the National Iranian Oil Company said recently that Iran's oil exports are at their normal level and are unaffected by Western embargoes. We don't see anything abnormal, almost everything is progressing routinely.

In July, Mr Rostam Qasemi oil minister of Iran said that “Although the West has imposed sanctions on Iran’s oil sector with the goal of toppling the Islamic establishment, the country’s oil exports will never be halted because oil consuming countries need Iranian crude. There are many ways to easily sell oil, one of which is to take advantage of businessmen and the private sector."

Source - Mehr News Agency

voda 13 september 2012 16:34

Iran to boost Darkhovin oilfield output by 60000 BPD

Trend News Agency reported that the third phase of the development of Darkhovin oilfield in southwest of Iran started with the goal of increasing output by 60,000 barrels per day to 220,000 barrels per day.

Mr Nader Qorbani MD of Iran's Petroleum Engineering and Development Company said that the third phase is aimed to produce 14,000 barrels of light crude and 46,000 barrels of heavy crude per day. So far, 28 wells have been drilled at the oilfield in the frame of the first two phases of development plan to produce 160,000 barrels of oil per day.

In August 2011, the National Iranian Oil Company and a consortium of Iranian companies signed USD 1.6 billion contract to develop the third phase of the Darkhovin oilfield. The project is aimed to daily produce 71,000 barrels of crude oil. The Darkhovin oilfield's in place oil reserve is estimated at over 5 billion barrels.

Source - Trend News Agency

voda 13 september 2012 16:36

Iran to sell USD 1 billion in oil and gas bonds

The National Iranian Oil Company will start selling IRR 15 trillion in bonds in the near future to finance oil and gas projects.

Mr Ahmad Qalehbani head of NIOC said that IRR 5 trillion will be used for financing offshore oil projects and IRR 10 trillion will finance the South Pars gas field development projects.

Mr Mohsen Khojasteh Mehr an official with the Oil Ministry said that some USD 30 billion was invested last year in Iranian oil industry despite global sanctions. The oil industry faced sanctions last year which led to a reduction in foreign investments. But we managed to absorb some USD 30 billion to oil projects.

Mr Rostam Qasemi oil minister of Iran said in April that at least USD 30 billion will be invested in the domestic oil industry this year. A major portion of the sum will be allocated to the South Pars gas field projects.

The South Pars gas field is shared by Iran and Qatar. The Iranian share, which is divided into 29 phases has about 14 trillion cubic meters of gas, or about 8% of the total world reserves and more than 18 billion barrels of liquefied natural gas resources.

Mr Qasemi said that the global economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic would not hinder the country's oil industry development. The oil ministry is committed to accelerating the implementation of its development plans, financed through the financial system and through government bonds.

Source - Trend News Agency

NoRiskAtAll 13 september 2012 21:03

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voda 14 september 2012 16:04

Iran will inaugurate one of the largest oil storage facilities

Tehran Times reported that Iran will inaugurate one of the largest oil storage facilities with the capacity of 345 million liters within the next month.

Mr Heydar Shamsi an official with the National Iranian Oil Production and Distribution Company said that the facility which is located in southeastern Kerman province will be used to store gasoline and diesel fuel. Some IRR 650 billion has been invested in the project.

Mr Shamsi said that Iranian private sector has been allowed to build oil storage facilities in the country. We have attained self sufficiency in all the designing, engineering and building processes related to oil storage facilities.5 fuel storage facilities will be inaugurated by March 2013 in Iran boosting the national fuel storage capacity to 12.8 billion liters.

He added that four new storage facilities will be commissioned by the end of the current Iranian year. At present, Iran has the capacity to store 11.5 billion liters of fuel, which is sufficient for 58 days consumption. Last year, 16 storage facilities were inaugurated nationwide boosting the country’s storage capacity by 1 billion liters. The storage capacity is planned to hit 14.5 billion liters by 2016.

Source - Tehran Times

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