APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy articles from June 2004

APS Diplomat Operations in Oil Diplomacy archives from June 2004

IRAN - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 5.(Brief Article)
June 14, 2004... In its efforts to diversify its economy away from the sector of conventional oil, Iran has focused on three challenging fields: development of a nuclear power programme, development of the country's vast resources of natural gas which are the...

IRAN - The Nuclear Challenge - Tehran To Avert Showdown; Washington To Stabilise Iraq.
June 14, 2004... Atomic reactors in Iran have been proposed to produce depleted uranium which, in turn, can be used to create weapons-grade plutonium. Recent revelations have increased doubts at the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) about Tehran's...

IRAN - US Finds New Evidence.
June 14, 2004... On May 5, the Associated Press reported a US official as saying American intelligence had determined that Iran planned to continue to develop a full nuclear fuel cycle despite pressures from the Bush administration. The official was reported as...

IRAN - The EU Trade Weapon.
June 14, 2004... On May 3, the European Union's top officials told Iran it could not expect important trade talks to resume immediately even if it complied with all its commitments to openness about its nuclear programmes. The then visiting Iranian Foreign...

IRAN - Focusing On The Non-Oil Sector - Part 5.(Brief Article)
June 21, 2004... Iran has the world's second largest reserves of natural gas next to those of Russia. Provided that it secures all the requirements - ranging from a stable and positive new regime conducive to major foreign investment in capital and advanced...

IRAN - The Petrochemicals Plan To 2015.
June 21, 2004... Opening the 6th Annual Iran Petrochemical Forum (IPF), a major international event held in Tehran on May 1-2, 2004, Iranian Petroleum Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh outlined a plan to raise six-fold the country's annual petrochemical revenues...

IRAN - Big Increase In Fertiliser Production.
June 21, 2004... Iran is predicting to increase its chemical fertiliser production to 6.7 million tons per annum in twenty years, and azotes would account for 4.3 million tons/year. Iran's current production of chemical fertilisers averages 3 million...

IRAN - The GTL Approach.(Brief Article)
June 21, 2004... NPC, which has taken up responsibility for the GTL business, is considering at least four different technologies in this respect. As technology is the key to the cost and commercial viability of a GTL business, NPC is study-ing processes...

IRAN - Iran Getting 51 Tankers For Oil, Chemicals & LNG.
June 21, 2004... The National Iranian Tanker Co. (NITC), a unit of NIOC, is acquiring 51 tankers worth $3.16 bn to meet demand for energy and chemical transport by 2010. NITC has also set up two offshore companies in Cyprus to facilitate foreign participation...