The current capacity of Iran’s oil production has reached more than 3.8 million barrels per day (bpd).
The minister said:
- We hope that through the efforts of all those active in this sector, we will reach higher figures in the exports of crude oil, gas condensate, oil products, and petrochemicals in the current Iranian calendar year, started on March 21
- By taking effective measures in onshore & offshore oil fields, drilling new wells, repairing wells, rebuilding and modernizing facilities, the current oil production capacity has reached before the sanctions, and we have no problem in performance and this amount of production
- Iran's oil exports have risen under the toughest sanctions and without waiting for the outcome of the Vienna talks
- The increase was thanks to different methods used to win contracts and finding different buyers
Iran views U.S. sanctions as illegal and has said it will make every effort to sidestep them.
The country’s oil exports have risen to more than 1 million barrels per day for the 1st time in almost 3 years, based on estimates from companies that track the flows, reflecting increased shipments to China.
Iran increased exports in 2021 despite the sanctions, according to estimates from oil industry consultants and analysts.
But they remained well below the 2.5 million bpd shipped before sanctions were reintroduced.
Back in January, Head of NIOC Mohsen Khojasteh Mehr said the country’s oil revenues have increased significantly over the past few months and the country has received the payment for all its crude oil sales since the new government administration.
He said:
- In the 13th government, part of the country’s lost oil markets has been revived and we have received the payment for all the oil we have sold so far
