APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from April 2002

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from April 2002

IRAN - The OPEC Countries - Part 4.(Iran gains stronger position among oil producing countries)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... From a strategic perspective, Iran has emerged as one of the countries to benefit most from the events after Sept. 11, 2001. The regime in Afghanistan has been changed into one dominated by the anti-Taliban movement which Tehran supported for...

IRAN - Decision Making Is Stable.(Iran's Surpreme Economic Council promoting foreign investment in Iran's petroleum industry)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... The Supreme Economic Council (SEC), chaired by President Khatami, is the highest decision maker for the hydrocarbon sector. From the SEC down, the officials in charge are keen on getting foreign investment and the latest technologies to their...

IRAN - Sayyed Mohammad Khatami, President.(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Iran's 5th president, Khatami has been in office since Aug. 1997, having been re-elected in the June 8, 2001, presidential elections. He has inherited much of his predecessor Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani's administration, a mix of moderate...

IRAN - Bijan Namdar Zanganeh, Oil Minister.(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... The Oil Minister since Aug. 12, 1997, Zanganeh has succeeded Gholamreza Aghazadeh. Zanganeh retained his position in the cabinet after the June 8, 2001, presidential elections. The main companies under the Oil Ministry are the National Iranian...

IRAN - Hossein Kazempour Ardebili.(deputy oil minister in charge of Caspian affairs)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... An excellent diplomat and petroleum experts, American-educated Ardebili was in Oct. 2000 made deputy oil minister in charge of Caspian affairs, succeeding Ali Majedi who became ambassador to Japan. Until then Ardebili was a senior advisor to...

IRAN - Seyed Mehdi Mirmoezi.(deputy minister of oil and National Iranian Oil Co.'s deputy managing director)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... A prominent petroleum engineer and upstream expert, Mirmoezi in August 2000 was made deputy oil minister for exploration and production and deputy managing director of NIOC. He was made responsible for the buy-back negotiations and deals,...

IRAN - Mohammad Reza Nematzadeh.(National Petrochemical Co. president and Deputy Oil Minister)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Deputy Oil Minister and President of National Petrochemical Co. (NPC) since August 1997, Dr. Nematzadeh is prominent among the moderates in the Khatami administration. He and Oil Minister Zanganeh have had a long friendship, with Nematzadeh...

IRAN - Ahmad Rahgozar.(Deputy Managing Director of the National Iranian Oil Co.)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... A former deputy oil minister and NPC president who until early September 1999 was head of NIOC's London operations and Kala (London-based procurement entity), Rahgozar is NIOC deputy managing director and head of NIOC International. NIOC...

IRAN - Sayyed Mehdi Hosseini.(head of Kala Naft UK, the London distribution and procurement division of National Iranian Oil Co.)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Known as "Mr. Buy-back" because he pioneered this approach in the early 1990s, Hosseini in August 2000 was moved over to head Kala Naft UK, NIOC's London-based procurement arm. At Kala he replaced Ardeshir Fathinejad, who then was transferred...

IRAN - Mohammad Aghaie.(managing director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Co. and Iranian Deputy Oil Minister)(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Deputy Oil Minister and Managing Director of National Iranian Oil Refining and Distribution Co. (NIORDC), Aghaie has been in this position for several years. He is an engineer. Aghaie often complains that large domestic subsidies on fuels cause...

IRAN - Fereidun Saghafian.(Brief Article)
April 29, 2002... Another Deputy Oil Minister, Saghafian in September 1997 was made the head of a high-level NIOC committee which later allocated the onshore fields that were to be offered to foreign companies for further development under buy-back contracts.