Over $210b worth of energy project underway across Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian says 5,931 energy projects worth 8.84 quadrillion rials (about $210.4 billion) are underway across the country, IRNA reported on Wednesday.

Over $7.8b worth of energy projects to be inaugurated by mid-March

TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Tuesday 330 trillion rials (about $7.85 billion) worth of major energy projects are going to be inaugurated across the country by the end of the current Iranian calendar year (March, 19).

133 major energy projects inaugurated across Iran

TEHRAN – Iranian Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian said on Saturday that 133 major energy projects have been inaugurated across the country in recent months, IRNA reported, citing the portal of the Energy Ministry (Paven).

Over $4.7b of unfinished energy projects to be awarded to private sector

TEHRAN – Iran’s Energy Ministry is planning to award 52 unfinished water and electricity projects worth 200 trillion rials (over $4.76 billion) to the country’s private sector for completion, IRIB reported on Monday quoting the Energy Minister Reza Ardakanian.

Tehran calls on Turkish private sector for cooperation in energy projects

TEHRAN - Iranian oil ministry invited Turkish private sector to participate in the country’s energy projects with an estimated investment of $100 billion, Daily Sabah reported on Sunday quoting an Iranian oil official.

Ethiopia calls for Iran’s contribution to its energy projects

TEHRAN – Ethiopian Minister of Mines, Petroleum and Natural Gas Motuma Mekasa called for Iranian energy companies’ contribution in his country’s energy projects, IRNA reported on Monday.

Italy’s Ansaldo ready for co-op in Iran’s energy projects

TEHRAN – Italy’s Ansaldo Energia has expressed readiness for bilateral cooperation with Iran Power and Water Equipment and Services Export Company (known as SUNIR) in the country’s energy, oil and gas projects, IRNA reported.

Iran plans to issue $4.5b in bonds for energy projects

Iran is looking to offer up to $4.5 billion in rial and foreign currency-denominated bonds by March 2018, the oil ministry's news website SHANA reported on Saturday.

Tehran, Belgrade stress energy, mining co-op

TEHRAN- Iran’s ambassador to Serbia Hossein Molla-Abdollahi and Serbian Minister of Energy and Mining Aleksandar Antic in a Friday meeting in Belgrade underscored both countries’ interest in developing common mining and energy bonds, IRNA reported on Saturday.

By Ebrahim Fallahi

Sanctions lift opens door to €10b of energy projects in Iran

TEHRAN – After the removal of sanctions against Iran, once again the country has become an attractive market for the world’s renowned energy companies so that more than €10 billion worth of energy projects has been proposed by foreign companies, Energy Minister Hamid Chitchian said on Sunday.

Iran to start bidding for oil, gas projects on Monday

Iran will begin taking applications on Monday for an unspecified number of energy projects, the oil ministry's news agency Shana reported on Sunday, as the country moves to launch exploration and production contracts after the lifting of sanctions.