Iran Sets Out Ambitions to Hike Oil Production Next Year

Iran Sets Out Ambitions to Hike Oil Production Next Year

Workers work on an offshore oil platform in the Persian Gulf. 

Photographer: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg









Photographer: Ali Mohammadi/Bloomberg





Iran said it planned to roughly double oil production in the next year, as the country anticipates a loosening of U.S. sanctions after Joe Biden becomes president.Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh told lawmakers on Saturday the government aims to pump 4.5 million barrels a day of oil and gas condensate, which is a liquid form of natural gas, during the next Iranian calendar year beginning on March 21, the state-run Islamic