The gas purchase and swap contract from Russia will be signed in the near future

According to Fars news agency, quoting from the public relations of the Ministry of Oil, Javad Oji said this evening (Wednesday, 2nd of Shahrivar) after meeting and talking for more than two hours with Igor Levitin, the senior aide of the Russian President: Following previous agreements and understandings in the field Energy and rail transport were negotiated.

He continued: In the transportation sector, discussions were held regarding the construction of the Rasht-Astara railway line and the electrification of the Garmsar-Inchebron railway line, so that the financing obligations will be fulfilled by Russian banks, and since the senior assistant of the Russian president had complete authority, These projects will be implemented soon.

Pointing to the signing of a 40 billion dollar memorandum of understanding with large Russian companies, the oil minister said: These include memorandums and contracts; Now we have a contract with Russia for the development of seven oil and gas fields, which have a progress of between 10 and 30%, and negotiations are underway for 14 other fields.

Oji added: The purchase and swap of gas from Russia has been finalized and will be signed in the near future in Moscow between the National Iranian Gas Company and the Russian side. Negotiations were also held regarding the swap of oil products; Iran has many capacities in the field of sea, railway and land transportation for the development of swap.

He stated that good agreements have been made with powerful Russian companies and in this meeting we reviewed all the issues of the agreement once again and examined the observations and challenges facing them. Negotiations will continue on various issues including energy, transportation, trade and even sports.

The head of the Iranian side of the Iran-Russia Joint Commission pointed out that Russia will finance 5 billion euros in the discussion of Iranian projects and plans, and continued: 2.5 billion euros have been assigned and are even being implemented in power plant projects, for the rest of this We also defined the amount of the projects whose contracts will be signed.

Stating that both Iran and Russia have favorable capacities in the field of energy, Oji said: Russia’s total oil and gas reserves are very high and they are among the most influential countries in the world in terms of energy.

Emphasizing that the cooperation between Iran and Russia in the field of energy is not one-sided and that Iranian companies have great potential, he added: In the petrochemical industry, contracts for products and catalysts have been signed and the export of petrochemical catalysts to Russia has also begun.

Pointing out that most of the contracts and memorandums in the upstream oil sector are with Russia for the development of joint fields in Khuzestan, the oil minister said: Another thing emphasized in the signing of the memorandum with Russia is the discussion of increasing the pressure of the South Pars gas field, because the Russians have a good capability. have in this area.

Oji emphasized: Another challenge is the provision of financial resources, which Russian companies agreed to provide financial resources in the seven mentioned fields, and the capacity of Iranian contractors should be used in the field of implementation.

He said: Mr. Raisi’s emphasis is that Iran and Russia have maximum cooperation in various fields.

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