The 16th International Oil, Gas, Petrochemical and Refining Exhibition came to a close in Tehran on Tuesday afternoon. During this five-day exhibition, more than 600 foreign companies from 40 countries across the world, in addition to a number of domestic activists in the domain of oil, gas, and petrochemical industry were in attendance.
The presence of companies from a number of countries, including China, South Korea, Germany, Britain, Italy, and France, alongside more than 900 domestic companies, active in oil and gas industry, turned this international oil and gas exhibition into a center for talks and interactions in the scene of oil industry, and in regard to provision of energy security.
A 35% growth in the presence of foreign and domestic companies in this exhibition once again proved the indifference of countries toward the sanctions imposed against Iran’s oil industry.
Iran possesses the 2nd largest natural gas reserves, worldwide, amounting to 33 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, while also possessing 155 billion barrels of oil, thereby holding a determining status in provision of energy, worldwide.
In the 70s, Iran only exported oil and imported the needed products. However, today, over 90% of Iran’s refineries are constructed by Iranian experts, and strategic products such as gasoline are produced in Iran based on the latest global standards.
Currently, almost 37% of Iran’s petrochemical products are exported to Far East and China; 25% are exported to Middle East; 11% to Europe; 18% to Indian Subcontinent; 7% to Southeastern Asia and Pacific region, and 1.2% are exported to Africa. These achievements have been made while the role of Islamic Republic of Iran throughout the global scene has been more effective despite US sanctions. Despite US destructive campaign, Iran is capable of playing a pivotal role in promotion of the security in transition of energy en route to Asia and Europe; given its clear advantages in regard to oil and natural gas reserves, and its advantageous geographical position.
In the view of economists, Iran’s comprehensive plans about the future of energy has raised numerous opportunities in the energy sector; while a part of these golden opportunities have been raised at the South Pars region, which is one of the global poles of energy resources
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Shell gas deal gets initial OK, including exports
Iraq’s crude oil extraction also produces huge volumes of associated natural gas, half of which is currently burned off as a waste byproduct in flares like these, at the Rumaila oil field in Basra province. (ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
Iraq’s crude oil extraction also produces huge volumes of associated natural gas, half of which is currently burned off as a waste byproduct in flares like these, at the Rumaila oil field in Basra province. (ESSAM AL-SUDANI/AFP/Getty Images)
By Ben Lando and Staff of Iraq Oil Report
Published July 13, 2011
Iraq and partners Royal Dutch Shell and Mitsubishi agreed behind closed doors to a draft deal to form a joint venture company that will capture and process gas currently flared from three Basra oil fields and eventually export at least a portion of it.
There are many hurdles to be overcome, including whether Parliament will demand a say in the controversial deal.
Despite the obstacles over the past three years since negotiations began, there appears to be resolve to finalize a plan to end ...
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Progress on two key oil laws
Deputy Prime Minister for Energy Affairs Hussain al-Shahristani (L) and Adnan Janabi (R), the chairman of Parliament's oil and energy committee, give a press conference in Baghdad. Shahristani's energy committee in the Cabinet is taking up the long-stalled hydrocarbon framework law, while Janabi's committee is pushing legislation that would reconstitute the Iraqi National Oil Company. (BEN VAN HEUVELEN/Iraq Oil Report)
By Ben Lando and Staff of Iraq Oil Report
Published July 1, 2011
Two laws that would dramatically alter the contentious landscape of Iraq's oil sector – and potentially de-politicize its operations – will be taken up by two committees next week.
Parliament's Oil and Energy Committee is scheduled to debate a law to reconstitute the Iraqi National Oil Company (INOC), and the Cabinet's Energy Committee – led by Hussain al-Shahristani, the ex-oil minister, current deputy prime minister for energy affairs, and key ally of Prime Minister Nouri al-Maliki �...
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Iran’s demand for War compensations from Iraq shall escalate tension between both countries, al-Iraqiya Legislature says
8/1/2011 11:47 AM
BAGHDAD / Aswat al-Iraq: The Legislature of al-Iraqiya Coalition, led by Iyad Allawi, Zala Neftchy, has stated on Monday that Iran’s demand of compensations from Iraq due to their 1980-88 War “shall step up tension between both countries,” adding that “Iraq was supposed to demand such compensations from Iran, because the latter had started the war operations at that time.”
“The political tensions are escalating by Iran against Iraq, and instead of stopping its bombardment of Iraqi territories in Iraqi Kurdistan, it is demanding compensations for the 1980-88 War,” Neftchy told Aswat al-Iraq news agency.
“Unfortunately, we believe that the said demand would escalate and step-up tension in relations between both countries, at a time when Iraq is trying to settle its crisis with the Iranian side, through peaceful means,” she said.
Neftchy said that “Iraq, if fact, is the country that should demand compensations from Iran, because the latter had been the one that started the military operations at that time,” adding that the Iraqi Parliament “might discuss the said issue in its session today (Monday).”
Local media sources have carried reports, pointing out that the Iranian side was carrying talks to gain compensations for the War that erupted between Iraq and Iran in 1980-88.
The eight-year Iraq-Iran war had claimed the lives of hundreds of thousands of people from neighboring countries, along with larger numbers of injured people, as well as costing both countries losses that reached billions (b) of U.S.
dollars.
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Chabahar to emerge as Iran petchem hub
Sun Aug 14, 2011 5:5AM GMT
National Iranian Petrochemical Company Planning Manager Ramezan Oladi
The National Iranian Petrochemical Company (NIPC) has announced that the southeastern port city of Chabahar will become the country's hub for petrochemical production.
NIPC Planning Manager Ramezan Oladi said on Saturday that the NIPC plans to construct the required infrastructures for the production of 15 million tons of different petrochemical products in Chabahar in the southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchestan, the official website of Iran's Oil Ministry, Shana, reported.
Oladi also added that about $20 billion of investment is needed in order to produce 15 million tons of petrochemicals in Chabahar.
The official further noted that about 20 million cubic meters of natural gas per day and 3.6 million tons of ethane per year are required as the feedstock for the production of this amount of petrochemicals.
He stated that the National Iranian Gas Company has signed a contract to extend Iran's seventh gas trunk line from Iranshahr to Chabahar to provide the natural gas feedstock.
Oladi went on to say that the needed ethane feedstock will be procured through a 24- to 28-inch pipeline from the South Pars gas field in Assaluyeh in the southern province of Bushehr to Chabahar, scheduled to be constructed in the next 36 months.
Earlier in August, NIPC Managing Director Abdolhossein Bayat said that Iranian petrochemical products worth about $14 billion would be exported by the end of the current Iranian calendar year, which ends on March 19, 2012.
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Iran parliament to examine repeated pipeline explosions
07 Aug 2011 11:13
Source: reuters // Reuters
* Cause of Friday's oil pipeline blast still unclear
* Lawmaker says aging infrastructure, sabotage are both risks
TEHRAN, Aug 7 (Reuters) - Iran's parliament is to examine recent energy pipeline explosions to see to what extent sabotage or technical problems were to blame, a lawmaker said on Sunday, two days after an oil line blast which caused a jump in global crude prices.
"Since the start of the (Iranian) year, we have witnessed the emergence of incidents such as explosions and fires at domestic and export pipeline networks," Emad Hosseini, spokesman of parliament's energy committee, told the ISNA news agency.
"Certainly these incidents have not been all unintentional."
The cause of Friday's explosion, in Iran's oil rich southwestern Khuzestan province, has still not been determined. Officials said the line had been repaired by Sunday.
A news report that wrongly said the pipeline was the biggest in Iran caused a temporary spike in oil prices as traders feared possible militant action that could hurt output from the world's fifth biggest exporter.
Several armed groups hostile to the government are active in Iran, including Kurdish separatists in the northwest, Baluch militants in the southeast and some Arabs in the southwest.
"The cause of the outbreak of some problems at the pipeline network are operations by terrorist groups but others are unclear," Hosseini said.
"The issue of pipeline corrosion is a culprit in such incidents (as well)."
Iran's standoff with the West over its nuclear programme and the subsequent sanctions has deprived the Islamic state of foreign investment and technology to modernize the oil industry. (Writing by Hashem Kalantari; Editing by Mike Nesbit)
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Iran, China may sign new oil deal
Fri Nov 4, 2011 6:33PM GMT
NIOC's Director General for International Affairs Mohsen Qamsari
National Iranian Oil Company director general for international affairs says Iran may sign a new contract with China to sell crude oil to the East Asian country.
Seyyed Mohsen Qamsari noted that Iran is currently exporting 400,000 barrels per day (bpd) of crude oil to China and the country's demand for crude oil will further increase by 2012.
“In addition [to China], Southeast Asian countries like Singapore and littoral states of the Persian Gulf are the most important markets for Iran's fuel oil,” Mehr News Agency quoted him as saying on Friday.
When asked about possible substitution of Iran's oil for Syria's in the Mediterranean region, the official stated that Syria is currently exporting a daily average of 150,000 bpd of crude oil.
“Since Syria's crude oil is heavier than Iran's crude, Iran cannot take Syria's place in oil markets,” Qamsari added.
He noted that Iran has received no requests from foreign companies for canceling oil purchase contracts, adding that the country's crude oil exports continue as usual.
Iran is OPEC's second largest oil producer and the fourth largest crude oil exporter.
The country holds the world's third-largest proven oil reserves and the second-largest natural gas reserves.
New onshore oil and gas fields were recently discovered in southern and western parts of Iran with reserves of 500,000 million oil barrels and five trillion cubic feet gas respectively.
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‘Oil in new Iran field of high quality’
Sat, 19 May 2012 07:13:04 GMT
Iranian Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi says the crude in the newly-discovered oil reserves in Iran’s territorial waters in the Caspian Sea is among the most high-quality crude in the world.
“The oil discovered in Sardar-e Jangal field is of the best kinds of crude oil in the world,” Qasemi was quoted as saying in a Thursday report by ISNA.
The new oil reserves were discovered by the Amir Kabir semi-submersible drilling rig in the course of exploration operations on Sardar-e Jangal gas field in the deep waters of the Caspian Sea on May 10.
The Iranian oil minister added that the oil reserves of the field rank very high in terms of the API (the American Petroleum Institute gravity index).
The quality of crude oil is determined based on the API degree. Oil with an API gravity of between 40 and 45 commands the highest prices.
Stating that the oil in the field is not sour, Qasemi noted that further studies are required to determine the exact amount of the in-place reserves of the field.
Early estimates have put the field’s oil reserves at 8-10 billion barrels, though exploration activities are still underway.
Qasemi announced the discovery of the huge Caspian field, which was later dubbed Sardar-e Jangal, on December 11, 2011, saying that the field contains 50 trillion cubic feet of natural gas.
According to the officials of the National Iranian Oil Company, the new field is completely situated within Iran’s territorial waters in the Caspian Sea and is not shared with any neighboring country.
Iran is OPEC's second-largest oil producer after Saudi Arabia, and has 150.3 billion barrels of crude oil and 33.1 trillion cubic meters of natural gas, according to the latest official statistics.
The Persian Gulf country sits on the world's second-largest gas reserves after Russia. =============== EU sanctions strangle Iranian LPG exports to Asia Wed, Oct 31 08:40 AM EDT By Julia Payne and Meeyoung Cho LONDON/SEOUL (Reuters) - EU sanctions on Iran's natural gas have unintentionally also brought its exports of liquefied petroleum gas to a near halt, industry sources say, starving Tehran of yet more dollar revenue and threatening to push European winter fuel bills yet higher. LPG, which comprises propane and butane, comes mainly from oil rather than natural gas, but shippers and insurers are steering clear of Iranian supplies due to uncertainty over the scope of the new European Union sanctions. "It's a grey area if natural gas includes LPG or not," said one LPG trader. "Not many want to take a risk on that." Earlier this month the EU announced tighter restrictions on trade with Iran, adding to already comprehensive international sanctions aimed at forcing Tehran to halt its nuclear program. These included a ban on importing and transporting Iranian gas, as well as financing gas sales. Western nations suspect Iran is trying to develop atomic weapons, something that Tehran denies, but the gas curbs had appeared symbolic as Iran exports none to the EU. In reality, the measures announced by EU foreign policy chief Catherine Ashton are already strangling Iranian LPG exports to countries outside the bloc, notably South Korea. Officially, the gas sanctions became binding on EU governments from October 16 but technically they do not apply to companies until detailed legislation is prepared and issued. An EU source said this could happen in November. In the absence of hard and fast EU rules, Iran's LPG customers outside the EU are acting cautiously due to the uncertainty, with the result that shipments are drying up. Previous U.S. and EU measures slashed Iran's crude oil exports, hitting its hard currency earnings and contributing to a plunge in the rial's value. The International Energy Agency estimated its crude exports at 860,000 bpd in September, down from 2.2 million bpd at the end of 2011. Similar curbs on LPG will likewise hurt Tehran. Before the sanctions, Iran exported almost four million metric tons a year, worth over $4 billion at current market prices. After South Korea, Norwegian energy giant Statoil was the main buyer of Iranian LPG, industry sources said. Company spokesman Morten Eek said Statoil had taken Iranian LPG as repayment of debts owed by the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) for completed projects on the giant South Pars gas field and exploration on the Anaran and Khoramabad fields. "We receive the cargo at the LPG terminals in Iran and transport it by ship to markets outside Europe and the USA. Cargoes of LPG serve as down payment of NIOC's debt to us," he said. "We have informed the Norwegian and United States authorities on this and we will continue the dialogue to ensure that our activities are in accordance with the current sanctions," Eek added, without commenting on whether Statoil would be able to continue taking the shipments. A source at one South Korean energy company said his firm had stopped taking Iranian LPG since mid-October as Japanese insurers were refusing to provide cover for the cargoes. Japanese shipping company Phoenix Tankers is one such company. Phoenix shipped Iranian LPG to South Korea earlier this year on a spot basis, said Tetsutaro Kozai, a spokesman at Mitsui OSK, the parent company of Phoenix. "It is now up to our customers as the EU has discussed but not yet decided if LPG is subject to sanctions," he said. "If there is such a spot order, we'll comply with the EU's decision and consider if we can transport safely before accepting it." This illustrates the problems in conducting the trade, even before the EU legislation officially comes into force. London is the global centre for shipping insurance and with Britain an EU member, the sanctions will paralyze cover for Iranian gas. Likewise, shippers do not want to touch any trade that could risk business with clients such as major oil firms. "Now some Western majors say if a vessel has loaded in Iran in the last three cargoes, they will not charter her," said one LPG trader. SUPPLY CRUNCH Another unintended consequence is that the sanctions are likely to push up Europeans' energy bills as winter nears. Europe is already facing a supply crunch for heating and diesel fuel. Germany has even started to encounter diesel and other fuel shortages as continental refineries have cut runs due to low crude supplies. Europe is likely to find itself struggling for supplies of yet another winter fuel if buyers in South Korea and elsewhere try to make up for their loss of Iranian LPG on the open market. "It is a game changer," said another LPG trader. "Whatever the case, no more liftings equals massive impact on worldwide availabilities coming into winter." Iran has vied with Kuwait as the fourth largest LPG exporter in the Middle East, behind Qatar, the United Arab Emirates and Saudi Arabia, several traders said. Propane is used for heating, in agriculture and in petrochemicals along with butane, which in turn is also used for cooking in many developing countries and as a winter gasoline component. Iran had been exporting LPG on six or seven Very Large Gas Carriers (VLGC) per month - between around 275,000-325,000 metric tons or nearing 4 million metric tons a year, several traders said. South Korea was taking between two and four cargoes a month, market sources said, and Statoil usually one per month. Together they accounted for around two thirds of the Iranian exports. A Kuwait-based customer, Arab Maritime Petroleum Transport Company has also been lifting about one cargo a month from Iran, the Korean source said. AMPTC has been supplying LPG to Syria, according to documents reviewed by Reuters. Tehran has backed Syrian President Bashar al-Assad as his government fights rebels trying to overthrow him. BILLION DOLLAR TRADE South Korea imported LPG worth more than $1 billion in the first eight months of 2012, according to data from the Korea International Trade Association. Iran provided 37 percent of its propane imports and 22 percent of the butane. South Korea's government has asked the EU for clarification on the new sanctions, an official said. Another source said imports were continuing from Iran but these may be ships which left Iran before the EU announced the sanctions on October 15. Two LPG tankers loaded at the Iranian port of Assaluyeh around October 15. The Gas Vision tanker was heading to South Korea and the Clipper Sun tanker, on a long term charter to Statoil, is heading for Singapore, market sources and Reuters AIS Live ship tracking showed. If its imports were hit, South Korea would have no choice but to buy LPG on the spot market. South Korea would look for alternative supplies from Saudi Arabia, Qatar and the UAE if it could no longer import from Iran, a source at a buyer of Iranian LPG said. The same suppliers have helped to fill the gap on international markets left by the reduction in Iran's crude oil exports this year. Three South Korean firms - E1, SK Gas and Samsung Total - import propane and butane, sources said. (Additional reporting by Justyna Pawlak in Brussels and Risa Maeda in Tokyo; Writing by Simon Webb; Editing by David Stamp) == U.S. gasoline prices post biggest fall in nearly 4 years: survey Sun, Nov 04 17:08 PM EST NEW YORK (Reuters) - The average U.S. price for a gallon of regular gasoline took its biggest drop since 2008 in the past two weeks, due to lower crude oil prices, a big price drop in pump prices in California and Hurricane Sandy, according to a widely followed survey released on Sunday. Gasoline prices averaged $3.5454 per gallon on November 2, down 20.75 cents from October 19 when drivers were paying $3.7529 at the pump, Lundberg said. The decline was the biggest two-week price drop since the survey recorded a 21.9 cents price decline December 5, 2008 due to a crash in petroleum demand during the global recession. Even though many people had to line up for gasoline for hours after Sandy devastated much of the Northeast coast, the storm played a part in the price decline as many would-be consumers were not able to travel as a result, according Trilby Lundberg, editor of the Lundberg Survey. Lundberg also cited the seasonal dip in demand that typically comes after August. While demand appeared to be very high for gasoline in New York and New Jersey after the storm, Lundberg said that purchases were down because many people could not get to fuel. However, supply shortages were not causing an increase in the average price of gasoline, according Lundberg. "There is a fear among retailers that they will be accused and prosecuted for price gouging if they raise prices enough to prevent running out," she said, adding that the problems would be unlikely to end soon. "It's going to be a long and hard recovery for infrastructure and fuel supply but also for fuel demand," Lundberg said. Another reason for the total U.S. price decline in the latest survey is California, the biggest state consumer, where pump prices fell 49 cents in past two weeks after an extreme price increase a month ago because of refinery problems. The November 2 survey shows that gas prices have fallen a total of 29.21 cents in the last month, Lundberg said. The highest prices for regular gasoline recorded in the November 2 survey were in San Francisco at $4.05 a gallon, while drivers in Memphis, Tennessee were paying the least at $3.11 per gallon. (Reporting By Sinead Carew; Editing by Marguerita Choy) ======== LNG cost blowouts jeopardise Australia’s future Reported by Mike King, The Motley Fool. Wednesday, November 14, 2012 Topics in this article: Asx,Santos,Liquefied Natural Gas Limited,Woodside Petroleum,Origin Energy,Oil Search Australia’s biggest resource project, the Gorgon liquefied natural gas (LNG) plant, could see costs blow out from the current $43 billion to more than $60 billion. This is due to higher costs, productivity issues and the high Australian dollar. According to the Australian Financial Review, Gorgon LNG faces a $20 billion cost blowout, but will still go ahead, as it’s too late to pull out of the project. US oil giant, Chevron is expected to reveal the massive cost increase before the end of the year, as well as a possible delay in production of gas until late 2014. Related: The $164 billion risk to the economy On Monday, ExxonMobil, Oil Search Limited (ASX: OSH) and Santos Limited (ASX: STO) increased the cost estimates for the PNG LNG project from US$16 billion to US$19 billion, due to the high Australian dollar, bad weather and logistical issues. BG Group and Santos both lifted the costs of their Queensland based LNG projects earlier this year, while Woodside Petroleum’s (ASX: WPL) Pluto LNG project is estimated to have run a third over budget, and started 16 months late. Origin Energy (ASX: ORG) has conceded that its Australia Pacific LNG project has been hit by the high Australian dollar. Gas and LNG projects were viewed as being the next boom for Australia, following the end of the mining boom – with more than $164 billion being invested in new projects that would see Australia become one of the largest suppliers of LNG in the world, if not the largest, by 2020. The cost blowouts are not just the only threats. Recent discoveries of massive gas fields off the coast of Africa and potential US gas exports also pose a risk to Australia’s LNG industry. That could result in expansion plans being delayed or cancelled, and some projects, such as Woodside’s Sunrise LNG project, not to go ahead at all. The Foolish bottom line A falling Australian dollar would do much to alleviate some of the costs, but it appears that labour costs in Australia are too high and we risk losing significant amounts of investment capital to other regions. 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Get its name and full research case in this brand-new FREE report. =============== آئی پی گیس پائپ لائن منصوبہ پر اپنے حصہ کا کام مکمل نہ کرنے پر یکم جنوری 2015ء سے پاکستان کو یومیہ 3ملین ڈالر جرمانہ کا سامنا کرنا پڑ سکتا ہے، شاہد خاقان عباسی، حکومت ابھی بھی آئی پی گیس پائپ لائن پر پرعزم ہے ، ایرانی حکومت سے اس پر بات چیت جاری ہے ، کوشش کررہے ہیں کہ معاملات بات چیت سے طے ہوجائیں ورنہ عالمی ثالثی عدالتوں میں بھی جایا جاسکتا ہے ، پاکستان کے دیگر ممالک سے اپنے تعلقات ہیں ، قطر سے ایل این جی کی درآمد پر سعودی عرب سمیت کسی ملک کو اعتراض نہیں ہوگا ، تیل و گیس پر فروری تک حکومت ساڑھے اٹھارہ ارب کی سبسڈی دے چکی ہے ، گھریلو صارفین کے لئے گیس کی قیمتیں کافی کم ہیں ، نظر ثانی کرنا پڑے گی ، فرٹیلائزر اورتوانائی کے شعبہ کو گیس کی فراہمی حکومت کی اولین ترجیح ہے ، میڈیا سے گفتگو: اسلام آباد(اُردو پوائنٹ اخبار آن لائن۔28مارچ۔ 2014ء) وفاقی وزیر برائے پٹرولیم و قدرتی وسائل شاہد خاقان عباسی کا کہنا ہے کہ آئی پی گیس پائپ لائن منصوبہ پر اپنے حصہ کا کام مکمل نہ کرنے پر یکم جنوری 2015ء سے پاکستان کو یومیہ 3ملین ڈالر جرمانہ کا سامنا کرنا پڑ سکتا ہے ، حکومت ابھی بھی آئی پی گیس پائپ لائن پر پرعزم ہے ، ایرانی حکومت سے اس پر بات چیت جاری ہے ، کوشش کررہے ہیں کہ معاملات بات چیت سے طے ہوجائیں ورنہ عالمی ثالثی عدالتوں میں بھی جایا جاسکتا ہے ، پاکستان کے دیگر ممالک سے اپنے تعلقات ہیں ، قطر سے ایل این جی کی درآمد پر سعودی عرب سمیت کسی ملک کو اعتراض نہیں ہوگا ، تیل و گیس پر فروری تک حکومت ساڑھے اٹھارہ ارب کی سبسڈی دے چکی ہے ، گھریلو صارفین کے لئے گیس کی قیمتیں کافی کم ہیں ، نظر ثانی کرنا پڑے گی ، فرٹیلائزر اورتوانائی کے شعبہ کو گیس کی فراہمی حکومت کی اولین ترجیح ہے ۔ جمعرات کے روز سینٹ کی قائمہ کمیٹی برائے پٹرولیم و قدرتی وسائل کے اجلاس کے بعد پارلیمنٹ ہاؤس میں میڈیا سے گفتگو کرتے ہوئے وفاقی وزیر برائے پٹرولیم و قدرتی وسائل شاہد خاقان عباسی نے کہا ہے کہ حکومت ابھی بھی ایران پاکستان گیس پائپ لائن منصوبے کے حوالے سے پرعزم ہے اور اس حوالے سے ملک پر کوئی بیرونی دباؤ نہیں ہے ہم ایران پاکستان گیس پائپ لائن پر کام جاری رکھیں گے ۔ آئی پی گیس پائپ لائن پر اگر پاکستان اپنے حصہ کا کام مکمل نہیں کرسکتا تو یکم جنوری 2015ء سے 3ملین ڈالر یومیہ جرمانہ دینا پڑے گا ۔ اس حوالے سے ایرانی حکومت سے بات چیت جاری ہے جس وقت ایران سے آئی پی معاہدہ کیا تھا اس وقت پابندیاں اتنی سخت نہیں تھیں نہ ہی اندازہ تھا کہ وہ مستقبل میں کس حد تک سخت ہوسکتی ہیں ۔ قطر سے ایل این کی کی درآمد پر بات کرتے ہوئے شاہد خاقان عباسی کا کہنا تھا کہ پاکستان کے تمام ممالک سے علیحدہ تعلقات ہیں تاہم قطر سے ایل این جی کی درآمد پر سعودی عرب کو اعتراض نہیں ہوگا پھر بھی ہمیں اپنے مخصوص حالات کو تنظر میں رکھنا ہوگا ۔ ایک سوال کے جواب میں وفاقی وزیر کا کہنا تھا کہ امریکہ میں 2010-11ء میں کمپنیوں نے خام ایل این جی کی برآمد کے لئے درخواستیں دی تھیں تاہم باقاعدہ برآمد 2017ء میں شروع ہوگی اور اس وقت امریکہ اس وقت کے عالمی نرخوں کے مطابق برآمد کرے گا لہذا یہ کہنا قبل ازوقت ہوگا کہ امریکی کمپنی دس ڈالر پر پاکستان کو ایل این جی فراہم کرسکے گی ۔ کوئی بھی کمپنی کم نرخوں پر پاکستان کو ایل این جی فراہم کرے ہم لینے کے لیے تیار ہیں فی الوقت صرف قطر کم نرخ دے رہا ہے انہوں نے کہا کہ پٹرولیم مصنوعات کی قیمتوں میں کمی کا فیصلہ اوگرا کو کرنا ہے ان کی قیمتوں میں کمی کے حوالے سے فیصلہ کرنے کے لیے قیمتوں میں عالمی رحجان ، ڈالر کی قدر ، زرمبادلہ کی شرح اور ایک ماہ میں ہونے والے عالمی معاہدوں کو دیکھیں گے تاہم فروری تک گیس کی قیمتوں میں حکومت ساڑھے اٹھارہ ارب روپے کی سبسڈی دے چکی ہے ۔ انہوں نے کہا کہ گیس کی قیمتوں پر نظر ثانی کرنا پڑے گی اور حکومت پہلے بھی گھریلو استعمال کی گیس پر کافی سبسڈی دے رہی ہے فی الوق گیس کی طلب اور رسد کا فرق پچاس فیصد ہے ۔ انہوں نے تصدیق کی کہ آل پاکستان سی این جی ایسوسی ایشن کے ساتھ مذاکرات میں آل پاکستان سی این جی ایسوسی ایشن نے حکومت کو شب دس بجے سے صبح چار بجے تک سی این جیل سٹیشنوں کو گیس کی فراہمی کی درخواست کی تھی جس پر حکومت ابھی غور کررہی ہے تاہم کوئی فیصلہ نہیں کیا ۔ وفاقی وزیر برائے پٹرولیم و قدرتی وسائل کا کہنا تھا کہ آنیوالے دنوں میں حکومت کی اولین توانائی اور فرٹیلائزر کے شعبوں کو گیس کی فراہمی ہے ان کو اضافی گیس کی فراہمی سے آٹھ ارب ڈالر کی بچت ہوئی ہے اور انہوں نے کہا کہ حکومت کی کوشش ہے کہ بین الاقوامی درآمدات کا تناسب کم سے کم شرح پر لایا جائے ۔ یو جی ایف کے مسئلے پر سوالات کے جواب دیتے ہوئے شاہد خاقان عباسی کا کہنا تھا کہ یو جی ایف پر عدالتی فیصلہ آچکا ہے تاہم حکومت فیصلے میں نظر ثانی کے لیے اپیل دائر کرے گی ۔ ملک میں سی این جی ٹرمینل کی تعمیر کے حوالے سے ایلنجیئی کمپنی کیخلاف اعتراضات پر انہوں نے کہا کہ پورٹ قاسم اتھارٹی نے کمپنی کو این او سی جاری کرنا ہے پی ایس او آئل ریفائنری کے حوالے سے وفاقی وزیر کا کہنا تھا کہ بنیادی طور پر پئل ریفائنری کا سرمایہ دار صوبہ خیبر پختونخواہ ہے پی ایس او صرف ریفائنری کی تعمیر و تنصیب میں امداد فراہم کرے گی مرکزی حکومت صوبوں کو صرف امداد فراہم کرسکتی ہے تاہم فیصلے ان کو خود ہی کرنے ہیں ۔
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