Back وزارة النفط (إيران) Arabic وزارت نفت (ایران) Persian Ministère du Pétrole (Iran) French Ministero del petrolio (Iran) Italian Министерство нефтянной промышленности Ирана Russian Міністерство нафти Ірану Ukrainian 伊朗石油部 Chinese
| وزارت نفت | |
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| Formed | 29 September 1979 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of the Islamic Republic of Iran |
| Headquarters | Tehran, Iran |
| Employees | 104,373 (2019)[1] |
| Minister responsible | |
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| Website | www |
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| Official MoP Youtube channel | |
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| Government of Islamic Republic of Iran |
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The Ministry of Petroleum (MOP) (Persian: وزارت نفت, romanized: Vezârat-e Naft) manages the oil industry, the producer of oil and petrochemical products. MoP is in charge of all issues pertaining to exploration, extraction, exploitation, distribution and exportation of crude oil and oil products. In addition, according to the "Imports and Exports Regulation Act[usurped]", issuing import licenses for such products is also among the functions of the Ministry of Petroleum.[2] The ministry has been placed under sanctions by the United States Department of State as of 2020.[3]
According to BP, Iran's has 137.6 billion barrels (2.188×1010 m3) of proven oil reserves and 29.61 trillion cubic meters of proven gas reserves. Iran ranks third in the world in oil reserves and second in gas reserves.[citation needed] It is responsible for applying the principle of Iranian ownership and sovereignty over oil and gas reserves. Also, it is undertake the separation of sovereignty tasks from management and development of country's oil and gas industry.
The Ministry of petroleum was established after revolution in Iran and in the interim government of Bazargan, after departure of Hasan Nazia, the managing director of National Iranian Oil Company from the country in 1979. The organizational structure of this ministry consists of a central headquarters and four subsidiaries, including National Iranian Oil Company, National Iranian Gas Company, National Iranian Petrochemical Company and National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Company. It monitors the operations of exploration, extraction, marketing and sale of crude oil, natural gas and oil products in the country through its subsidiaries. In addition to meeting its major energy needs, the ministry supplies over 80% of foreign currency earnings by exporting crude oil and refined petroleum products.
According to the Fourth Economic, Social and Cultural Development Plan, the Government has been required to transfer at least 10% of the activities related to the exploration, extraction and production of crude oil to the private sector, while in the meantime retaining its ownership of oil resources. This is also the case in other fields of the Ministry of Petroleum's activities.[2]
Iran plans to invest $500 billion in the oil sector until 2025.[4] As of 2010, US$70 billion worth of oil and gas projects were under construction.[5] Iran's annual oil and gas revenues were expected to reach $250 billion by 2015.[5]
- ^ "جزییات تعداد کارمندان دولت در سال 97/مدرک دکترای 10 درصد کارمندان وزارت بهداشت- اخبار اقتصادی تسنیم | Tasnim". خبرگزاری تسنیم | Tasnim (in Persian). Retrieved 20 September 2022.
- ^ a b "irantradelaw.com" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 10 March 2013. Retrieved 10 June 2015.
- ^ "Sanctions List Search".
- ^ "Fars News Agency : مدیرعامل بانک ملت: تقویت تامین مالی پتروشیمیها با راه اندازی یک صندوق جدید". www.farsnews.ir. Archived from the original on 20 May 2018. Retrieved 19 May 2018.
- ^ a b Mehr News Agency: Iran eyes $250 billion annual revenue in 5 years Archived 17 July 2018 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 22 December 2010