OPEC and its allies (OPEC+) agreed on Sunday, Feb. 1, to keep oil production levels unchanged for March, reaffirming earlier decisions amid heightened geopolitical uncertainty and firmer crude prices.
Oil fell after the close, wiping out a day of gains after US President Donald Trump said he had been assured that Iran would stop killing protesters, signaling he could hold off on a threatened military response to the repression of widespread demonstrations in the nation.
An oil tanker seized by Iran two years ago was released, with satellite images showing the vessel off the coast of Oman, against a backdrop of mounting US pressure on the Persian Gulf state. The St Nikolas — seized in January 2024 in retaliation for what Iran called at the time the US “theft” of Iranian oil […]
Iran is open to international partnerships in the oil and gas industry, offering “golden investment opportunities” in the area, oil minister Mohsen Paknejad said this week, during a meeting with a senior Belarusian official.
On Saturday it was announced that Iranian companies will soon begin drilling at the strategically important Farzad B gas field in the middle of the Persian Gulf. The development marks a rare breakthrough for the country’s energy sector after years of delays, sanctions pressure and missed opportunities. It signals that Iran has finally gained the […]
The find, with a potential 70% recovery rate, could add 198 bcm (7 tcf) to Iran’s producible reserves and help offset domestic gas imbalances during high-demand months.
Iran claims a new natural gas discovery would add an estimated 10 trillion cubic feet to its gas reserves and could help offset an expected energy imbalance.
The biggest European powers which are party to the so-called Iranian nuclear agreement of 2015, or the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as it is officially known, launched in late August a 30-day process that would reinstate UN sanctions on Iran on September 27, if no deal is reached in the meantime.
Although the U.S. has left the door open for a resumption of talks with Iran, Europe is deadly serious about reimposing the full weight of pre-2015 sanctions on the Islamic Republic, a very senior security source who works with the European Union’s security complex exclusively told OilPrice.com last week.
The United States and Iran are poised to return to the negotiating table at a moment when tensions between the two are high and trust is low.
The talks were initially planned for July 10 in Oslo, according to RFE/RL’s sources, who now say the meeting has been postponed — likely to next week.