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Iran exports oil to 15 countries: Owji
Speaking in a joint news conference with Government Spokesman Ali Bahadori Jahromi and Head of the Department of Environment Ali Salajegheh, the minister added that the gas production volume of Iran has increased by 53 million cubic meters/day in the administration of the late president Ebrahim Raisi, Shana reported.
The capacity of storing gas has increased by one billion cubic meters and $23 billion worth of capital was invested for the development of the joint oil fields, Owji stated.
He also said 153 projects in the up- and downstream sectors, valued at $34 billion, were launched during Raisi’s administration.
Elsewhere in his remarks, Owji pointed to Iran’s extraction of gas from the South Pars Gas Field shared with the neighboring Qatar and added that Iran’s gas extraction from the joint field is 100 million cubic meters more than Qatar’s.
He went on to say that Phase 11 of South Pars Gas Field was put into operation after 20 years.
While at the beginning of the administration of Raisi, which took office in August 2021, the country’s oil-selling capacity stood at 300,000 barrels per day (bpd), it rose to 1.8 million barrels per day a year and a half later.
Announcing the above, Iran’s Acting President Mohammad Mokhber added, “When the late president Raisi took power in August 2021, the country was faced with long hours of blackout, especially during peak hours of electricity consumption, but the Raisi administration managed to solve the problem by getting help from the Energy Ministry capabilities,” Shana reported.
“Some people who boasted that they were capable in view of carrying out negotiations, diplomacy and expanding foreign relations, finally ended up in loneliness even among the neighboring countries,” he said, adding that Raisi’s administration could overcome some shortcomings during his three years in office and improved relations with the neighboring countries.
Despite the US presence in a number of countries in the region, they have not been able to join a number of influential regional and international treaties, but during the presidency of Raisi, the Islamic Republic of Iran succeeded in joining some important organizations including Shanghai Cooperation Organization (SCO), BRICS group of the emerging economies and Eurasia with close connections to the heads of the member countries, Mokhber added.