Baku, Azerbaijan, Mar.1
By Fatih Karimov - Trend:
The research department of Iran's Oil Ministry has signed a deal with Austrian AVL to develop energy saving projects in the Iranian oil industry, IRNA quoted the research department's head, Amir Abbas Hosseini as saying on March 1.
The main part of the research department's activities is related to the export of technical and engineering services in the oil industry's upstream sector, he added.
Iran is currently providing Iraq and Sudan with educational and operational services, IRNA quoted director of the Iranian Oil Research Center Hamidreza Katouzian as saying on January 3.
A number of Iraqi oil engineers have passed educational courses in Iran in cooperation with the Iranian Oil Research Center, he said.
Most of the services to Iraq and Sudan are related to the upstream sector of the oil industry, he noted.
Iran will also export oil industry technology to Indonesia for revival of 'dead' oil wells, he further said.
Indonesian Parliamentary Speaker Marzuki Alie and Iranian official Hamidreza Katouzian have agreed on cooperation for revival of approximately 1000 dead oil wells in Indonesia.
