BAKU, Azerbaijan, July 30. The value of total sales at the Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX) increased by 40 percent, during the last Iranian week (July 22 through July 26, 2023), compared to the previous week (July 15 through July 19, 2023), Trend reports.
According to the report, the value of total sales at the IRENEX for the last week amounted to approximately 33.6 trillion rials (about $81.3 million). The figure stood at 23.9 trillion rials (about $58.3 million) in the previous week.
Circa 179,000 tons of hydrocarbon products worth 32.8 trillion rials (about $79.4 million) were sold at the Iran Energy Exchange within the last week.
Of that, approximately 15.4 trillion rials (about $37.2 million) worth of products were sold on the domestic floor, while 17.4 trillion rials (about $42.2 million) worth – on the international floor of the IRENEX.
The main sold hydrocarbon products at the country’s energy exchange were liquefied petroleum gas (LPG), reformate, pentane, etc.
Also, 25.3 million kilowatt-hours of electricity worth 716 billion rials (about $1.73 million) were sold at the country’s energy exchange within the mentioned period.
At the same time, Standard Parallel Salaf (Islamic contract, similar to futures) documents worth 26.6 billion rials (about $64,300) were also sold at the energy exchange.
According to the IRENEX, 2,000 certificates of deposit for crude oil and gas condensate worth about 48.4 billion rials (about $117,000) were sold at the Iran Energy Exchange during the last week.
As of March 12, 2023, Iran has started the sale of certificates of deposit for crude oil and gas condensate at the Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX). Iran intends to sell 72 million barrels (36 million barrels of crude oil, 36 million barrels of gas condensate) of crude oil and gas condensate with deposit certificates at the Energy Exchange.
Those who want to buy deposit certificates at the Iran Energy Exchange should buy at least 1,000 barrels of crude oil and 500 barrels of gas condensate. The certificates of deposit can be purchased directly by legal entities and by individuals only through portfolio companies.
The products at Iran Energy Exchange (IRENEX) are sold under the SANA exchange rate.
The SANA system is a system introduced by the Central Bank of Iran to the currency exchange offices, where the price of 1 euro is 455,641 rials, and the price of $1 is 412,781 rials.
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