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Iraq says gas imports from Iran at 40 mcm per day

Iraqi authorities have reported a major increase in the supply of natural gas from neighboring Iran two days after the Arab country settled nearly $1.7 billion of arrears it owed Iran for previous gas imports, according to a report by Iraq’s NINA news agency.

Energy

Iraq pays back $1.6bn of natural gas arrears to Iran

Iran has received from Iraq a sum of $1.6 billion the Arab country owed to Iran for imports of natural gas in the past years, according to remarks by the Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji.

Energy

Seoul says will negotiate with Tehran, Washington over Iran frozen funds

South Korean Foreign Minister Park Jin has said his country will need more talks with both Iran and the United States to be able to release billions of dollar worth of Iranian funds that have remained blocked in South Korea for the past years allegedly because of American sanctions on Tehran.

Trade

Iran, Turkmenistan to set up joint trade center

Iran and Turkmenistan will set up a major trade center that can facilitate ties between businesses in the two countries amid efforts to deepen economic relations between the two neighbors.

Trade

Iran’s MAPNA invited to start projects in Venezuela

Iran’s top energy and engineering company MAPNA has been invited by Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro to start large-scale projects in the country.

Mine and Industry

Iran to launch major trade center in Doha

Qatar has issued a permit for Iran to launch a major trade center in the Arab country, says Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian.

Trade

US may need to allow more Iran oil to flow even without deal: Vitol

Global crude trader Vitol Group says the United States may allow more sanctioned oil from Iran onto global markets even without reaching an agreement on the revival of the 2015 deal, amid growing pressure to reduce gas prices in America.

Energy

Iranian private sector delegation in Doha for joint economic commission meeting

Iranian Energy Minister Ali Akbar Mehrabian and President of Iran Chamber of Commerce Gholam Hossein Shafei arrived in Qatar on Sunday to attend a joint economic commission regularly held between the two countries.

Trade

Turkmenistan’s gas swap to Azerbaijan through Iran to be doubled soon

Iranian Oil Minister Javad Owji says the country has reached agreements with Turkmenistan and Azerbaijan to double the amount of natural gas exchanged between the three as part of a deal reached in November.

Energy

Iran’s two-month oil revenues up over 60% YOY

An Iranian official says the country’s oil revenues have increased by more than 60% in the two months to late May compared to the similar period last year.

Energy