Energy Transitionin Islamic Republic of Iran

V.R. Zeydifard
The Deputy Minister of Engineering, Research and Technology
Ministry of Petroleum
25/01/2024

Our religious leader Imam Ali has said:

Knowledge is the root of all goodness andignorance is the root of all evil.

We have been able to do
despite of the sanctions

We have

Iran’s Strength Points for Oil & Gas Industry

The first rank of total oil and gas reserves in the world.

Having 32 trillion cubic meters of gas reserves (the second rank of gas reservesin the world after Russia).

Having an exceptional territorial position to become the energy hub
in the region.

The third place in gas production in the world after the UnitedStates and Russia.
 Growth of rich gas production from 500 million cubic meters in2016 to 1000 million cubic meters in 2022.
Increasing the export of natural gas from about 15 million cubicmeters per day in 2016 to 45 million cubic meters in 2022.
The first country in the region in terms of having nationwide
pipelines network (with more than 36 thousand kilometers).

The fourth country in the world in terms of gas distribution
network (with more than 320 thousand kilometers).

World Primary Energy Consumption (qBtu)
IEA – World Energy 2023

800590699
595504600(STEPS)

400(APS)

200(NZE)

048%

Stated policies Scenario (STEPS)

106

2020

2021

2050

Announced Pledges Scenario (APS)Net Zero Emission by 2050 (NZE)
20%

1990

35%

1960

45

1549187
38

121
264

60
23196

314

4487
142

Coal

26

Liquids

Natural gas

2853

Nuclear

Hydro

Other Renewables

Energy Transition in Iran

Carbon intensity reduction
Carbon Capture and Storage

Flare Gas Recovery
Reduction of Oil and Gas Leakage (Leak Detection for pipelines and Storage)

Carbon intensity
reduction

Clean Fuels
Blue and Green Hydrogen Production

Biofuels (Bioethanol and Biodiesel)
Gasification of Oil Refinery Waste for Power and Hydrogen Production
Renewables (Solar and Wind)

Energy Efficiency
CHP & CCHP (Exchangers, HRSG, Movers, Controllers, …)Waste oil and Tail Gas Incinerators

Process/Heat Integration (Software, Technology, …)
Digitalization

Production of Blue Ammonia as H2 Carrier

Blue Ammonia Capacity: 450 KT/Y
Start-up: 3 Y
Investment: 230 M$

• NGL 3100
NGLsby 2026

Some plans forcollecting flare gases
will be completed

Flare Gas Reduction• NGL 3200

Gas
treating
plants14%• Kharg NGL
Gas collection• in East Karun• Phases in South Pars Gas Refinery Company

Gas Treating• In other gas refineries

Gascollection
Plants
38%

NGLs
48%

CO2 gas injection for a heavy oil reservoir
in south of IranIn this project, the effect of theinjection of carbon dioxide gas andthe exhaust gas of the Ramin power
plant, which is located in the vicinityof the Ramin oil field, on the Asmari
reservoir of this field has been
investigated, and the laboratory
results show that the injection ofcarbon dioxide will significantly
increase the recovery factor in theAsmari reservoir of the Ramin field.

Some fields of technological cooperation based on
the strategic plan of the Ministry of Oil

Exploration and underground resources• Improving the qualitative and quantitative interpretation of seismic data.
• Operation design and geophysical data collection.
• Studies and modeling of hydrocarbon system and geochemistry.

Reservoir Engineering• Improving the knowledge of simulation and development of history
compatibility check software.
• Fractured reservoir• Sour crude oil

Processing and Transfer••••

Increasing pressure and multiphase fluid measurement of the well.
Wastewater treatment
Hydrocarbon fluid transmission pipelines.
Gas sweetening and sulfur recovery.

Drilling• Construction of down hole equipment and optimization of drilling
operations.
• Design manufacture of vertical, horizontal and directional drilling
equipment/specialized drilling services.

Production and exploitation• Reducing construction damage, optimizing production scenarios andincreasing efficiency.
• Artificial extraction and related equipment manufacturing.

Storage• Underground storage• Smart storage (intelligent control tools, …)

Some fields of technological cooperation based on
the strategic plan of the Ministry of OilRefinement• Petro refinery process

Transfer and distribution of products• Covering• Improving capability in field of rotating equipment engineering

Production and petrochemical products• Production of polymer and non-polymeric catalysts.

Digital transformation• Digital transformation in upstream and downstream industries.

Health, Safety, and Environment

Development of management and human resources• Recruitment, training and performance management of employees andmanagers and development of organizational culture.

• HSEIran International cooperation Opportunities• TechnicalTechnical cooperationand technology transfer
such as:CCS, CCUS, LNG,
Hydrogen, Intelligencesystems, Digitalization, etc.

• Capacity building• investment
Bilateral and multilateral
investment opportunities:

Empowerment andcapacity building such as:
Consulting, training,developing strategic andaction plans, etc.

 In energy andenvironment planssuch as: JCM, JICA,
NAMAs, …

 Low cost human resource• networking• Development ofregional andinternational
knowledge exchange
networks such as:
Iran’s membership in
relevant international
institutions