Iran signs oil contract with Spanish firm![]() May 2, 2012 - 12:51 AMT PanARMENIAN.Net - Iran's Society of Iranian Petroleum Industries Equipment Manufacturers (SIPIEM) signed a 1.6 billion euro contract with a Spanish company to manufacture high-tech equipment and components for its oil and gas, according to Tehran Times. The SIPIEM also signed another contract with a Chinese company to transfer technology to Iranian oil industry. “Iranian manufacturers have the potential to supply the oil industry with $20 billion worth of domestically-made goods and equipment this year, which began on March 20,” an official said earlier. Oil Minister Rostam Qasemi has said that the economic sanctions against the Islamic Republic “will not be effective enough to hinder progress of the country’s oil industry.” Azerbaijani authorities report that they have already resettled 3,000 people in the Nagorno-Karabakh town of Stepanakert. On June 10, Azerbaijani President of Azerbaijan Ilham Aliyev will leave for Turkey on a working visit. Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev arrived in Moscow on April 22 to hold talks with Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin. Authorities said a total of 192 Azerbaijani troops were killed and 511 were wounded during Azerbaijan’s offensive. Partner news |