Repair and maintenance of aging power plants cannot improve their low efficiency as expected and there is a critical need for modern equipment, head of Tehran’s Besat Power Plant said.
Energy
The state-run National Iranian Gas Company injected close to 262 billion cubic meters of gas into the Iran Gas Trunkline (IGAT) in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20, up 6% or 16 bcm…
Dwindling snow reserves in east Tehran Province are causing renewed concern, managing director of Tehran Province Water and Wastewater Company said.
As demand for electricity keeps rising in Mazandaran Province, a new combined cycle unit is under construction at Shahid Salimi (Neka) Power Plant in the region, managing director of the plant…
The Bushehr Nuclear Power Plant in the southern namesake city is in danger of being shut down because the US economic blockade on Iran's key sectors, namely banking, has made it hard to transfer…
Iran's annual petrochemical production capacity increased by 13.5 million tons in the last fiscal year that ended on March 20. The National Petrochemical Company’s annual output was 70 million…
The Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries and allied producers have agreed to gradually increase their output over the next three months. The move follows a sharp increase in oil…
Low rainfall and excessive withdrawal from wells in Bushehr Province have almost wiped out groundwater resources in the southern region, deputy for conservation affairs at the Bushehr Regional…
Thirteen wastewater treatment plants came online in the Persian calendar year that ends on March 20 adding 300 million cubic meters to recycled capacity a year, deputy chief engineer at the…
Almost 24% of Tehran's water network is over 40 years old while the useful life of water pipelines is an average 25 years, managing director of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering…
Oil slipped for a fourth day on Wednesday as concerns about weaker demand in Europe outweighed an industry report that showed US crude stockpiles unexpectedly fell last week.
Development projects are underway to increase output in two oil fields in southwest Iran. The projects are in Zilaei Field in Khuzestan Province and Siahmakan Field in Kohgilouyeh-Boyerahmad,…
The steam unit of Caspian Combined-Cycle Power Plant in northern Mazandaran Province became operational Tuesday with the help of Arian MahTaab Gostar Company, head of Iran's Thermal Power Plants…
A memorandum of understanding to transfer treated wastewater from Tabriz Wastewater Treatment Plant to Tabriz Petrochemical Company was signed between water companies of East Azarbaijan Province…
Four water and wastewater projects worth $495 million were inaugurated by President Hassan Rouhani via video conference on Tuesday in Tehran, Gilan and Qazvin provinces.
Oil prices rose on Monday, with Brent heading toward $70 a barrel, as data showed China’s economic recovery accelerated at the start of 2021, boosting the energy demand outlook at the world’s…
Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company, a subsidiary of the Energy Ministry, concluded an agreement Sunday with the privately-owned Farab Company to convert Bampour (Iranshahr) simple-cycle…
The second construction phase of a project to divert water from the Persian Gulf to Kerman and Yazd provinces went on stream on Sunday, the minister of industries, mining and trade said. …
Iran's Thermal Power Plants Holding Company has signed a contract with Mapna, the engineering and energy giant, to decommission the 52-year old Besat Thermal Power Plant in south Tehran.
To develop the giant South Azadegan Oilfield in Khuzestan Province, Petropars company has completed the first phase of a central oil treatment plant under an engineering, procurement and…
Construction of two desalination plants in Qeshm Island, Hormozgan Province, has started to improve water supply to rural areas, managing director of the Hormozgan Water and Wastewater Company…
To help improve power supply in Ahvaz, Khuzestan Province, and reduce load shedding and frequent outages, three gas-insulated substations have been built and are being synchronized with the…
With programs to revive Urmia Lake moving ahead, seven billion cubic meters of water from dams flowed into the world famous lake in the past decade and is increasing, head of Urmia Lake…
Bandar Abbas Oil Refinery in Hormozgan Province has increased output by 30,000 barrels of crude oil per day, the managing director said.
Brent crude prices eased on Friday but hovered near $70 a barrel as production cuts by major oil producers constrained supply, with optimism about a recovery in demand for the resource in the…
