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Oil Ministry nominee vows to minimize energy shortage
According to a blueprint of his plan submitted to the Parliament, there are two short-term (one-year) and long-term (four-year) measures in order to reduce the mismatch between gas production and consumption in the country, Tasnim News Agency reported.
Gas field maintenance projects, setting up the NGL-3100 plant with the aim of collecting associated gases, constructing pressure boosting stations, completion of Phase 11 of South Pars as well as some other projects on gas extraction are among Paknejad’s plans to lower gas
shortfall.
Paknejad will be the 14th administration’s minister of oil in case of securing a vote of confidence which will be held on Wednesday.
Born in 1966 in the capital city of Tehran, Paknejad has a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering from University of Tehran and a master’s degree in industrial engineering from the AmirKabir University of Technology.
He has already served in the Oil Ministry as the deputy minister of oil for supervision over hydrocarbon resources from 2018 to 2021.
Paknejad started his career in the early 1990s in the Ministry of Energy and then moved to the Petroleum Ministry in 1997 where he has served in different managerial posts.
The Iranian Parliament’s specialized committees started deliberations on Pezeshkian’s cabinet lineup as of August 11 afternoon in two work shifts during four days.
The proposed ministers are being discussed in the Parliament’s open sessions since Saturday.
Pezeshkian was elected as the new Iranian president in a runoff election on July 5 after late president Ebrahim Raisi lost his life in a tragic helicopter crash in May.