Russia and Iran are bolstering energy cooperation.
Officials of state-owned Gazprom have signed agreements with counterparts at several Iranian entities envisioning cooperation in a range of operations.
Alexey Miller, chairman of the Gazprom management committee, and Ali Kardor, Iran’s deputy minister of petroleum and chief executive officer of National Iranian Oil Co., signed a “roadmap” under which Gazprom “will conduct a proof-of concept study with regard to implementing integrated projects for hydrocarbon production, transmission, and processing, including petrochemistry, in Iranian territory.”
Miller, Kardor, and Nasrat Rahimi, chairman of the board of Oil Industry, Pension, Saving & Staff Welfare Fund, signed a memorandum of understanding to explore joint work on a planned LNG project in Iran.
Gazprom and Industrial Development & Renovation Organization of Iran, a state-owned subisidary of the Ministry of Industry, Mine & Trade, signed an MOU for joint gas liquefaction projects in third countries and for collaboration on advanced gas processing and petrochemical work in Iran.
And Gazprom and NIOC signed MOUs covering:
• Hydrocarbon exploration and production in Iran.
• Collaboration in construction of the planned Iran-Pakistan-India gas pipeline.
• Development of a concept for a unified system of gas production, transmission, and petrochemicals in Iran.
