Iran to invest $450 million in Lebanon

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 15 October 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

One week ahead of Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s trip to Lebanon, Iran agrees to invest USD 450 million in Lebanon’s water and energy sectors.

Tehran, Ankara sign €1b gas pipeline deal

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 25 July 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Tehran and Ankara inked a 1 billion euro ($1.29 billion) contract here on Thursday to build a pipeline that will transfer Iran’s natural gas to Turkey.

Iran to approve Pakistan gas pipeline deal this week

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 11 June 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Iran hopes to finalise a deal this week for a much-delayed pipeline to export natural gas to Pakistan by 2015, an energy official said on Sunday.

Iran Awards South Pars Gas Contracts to Chinese, Malaysian and Indian Companies

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 10 May 2010 | 3 Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Iran announced that it is awarding major gas contracts to Chinese, Malaysian and Indian firms for its extensive South Pars natural gas field, rather than Western companies originally expected to win the concessions. Western companies have been reluctant to commit to Iranian oil and gas projects as the U.S. seeks to impose new sanctions on [...]

Iran’s Ace (or Deuce): Its Oil Reserves

Yazan: Ali Shakhtur | 08 March 2010 | No Comments
Categories: Comercio Internacional, Energia, English

Diplomacy and energy are never far apart in the Persian Gulf. So, as American officials seek new international sanctions against Iran this week, it’s probably wise for them to remember how much the world’s global energy map has changed over the past decade.