Announcement

Collapse
No announcement yet.

Iran to Launch 3 LNG Projects

Collapse
X
 
  • Filter
  • Time
  • Show
Clear All
new posts

  • Iran to Launch 3 LNG Projects

    Tehran Times, Iran
    April 26 2004

    Iran to Launch 3 LNG Projects


    TEHRAN (PIN) -- Iran is determined to launch three big liquefied
    natural gas (LNG) projects, Minister of Oil Bijan Namdar Zanganeh
    said Sunday. "One project will be handled by French Total and
    Malaysian Petronas to produce 10 million tons of LNG. The second
    project goes to British Shell while the third one will be implemented
    inside the country," Zanganeh told reporters on the sidelines of a
    conference on gas exports being held in Tehran.

    "At moment, we can allow up to 49 percent of foreign investment and
    welcome foreign companies to help us launch LNG projects," the
    minister said.

    Deputy Oil Minister Mehdi Mirmoezi said Iran has decided to award
    French oil giant Total a 1.2 billion dollar contract to develop phase
    11 of the massive South Pars offshore gas field. "Total has been
    chosen to develop phase 11 of South Pars," he said. "The final
    negotiations are in progress, and unless there is a problem, the
    contract will be signed in one or two months." Zanganeh also said
    that Iran has already signed an oil exports deal with a company from
    the United Arab Emirates. "We are negotiating with Kuwait and our
    talks are going on with Armenia for gas exports."

    Regarding oil prices, he said that he believed an oil price hovering
    around 28 dollars per barrel would be a "good price" for the
    Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC).

    "I consider that 28 dollars a barrel is a good price for OPEC, or one
    or two dollars more or less," the minister told reporters.

    "The objective should be to maintain the price of a barrel in the
    upper part of the 22 to 28 dollar bracket," said the minister.

    Iran is OPEC's second exporter. OPEC ministers agreed in March to
    press ahead with an output cut of four percent from April 1,
    dismaying importers such as the United States. But Zanganeh blamed
    the high prices on "refining problems in the United States and the
    political tensions in the Middle East, and OPEC can do nothing to
    solve these two problems."

    From: Emil Lazarian | Ararat NewsPress
Working...
X