Baku, Azerbaijan, Feb. 7
By Trend:
In 2018 Tehran hopes to sign partnership deals with Russian oil and gas companies, Iranian ambassador to Russia Mehdi Sanai said.
He made the remarks in an interview with RIA Novosti.
Rosneft and Gazprom have particularly good developments in cooperation, he added.
“The 2017 was a good year from a perspective of bilateral contacts development in energy sphere. We can record substantial progress. Mutual understanding between Russian oil and gas companies and Iranian Oil Ministry was achieved,” the official said.
He noted that six large Russian companies have memorandums of understanding and some has already presented their surveys on the projects.
“We hope that such progress will lead to signing of contracts in 2018. The companies carry the exploration work on oilfields, but some companies are closer to the signing. Rosneft, for example, has a good advancement, Gazprom holds serious talks over LNG, Zarubezhneft has signed a preliminary contract,” Sanai added.
Gazprom Oil and Lukoil and are also among Russian companies that have “good cooperation” with Tehran, according to him.