partners

Iran has confirmed the names of five Iranian companies that it has identified as partners for international energy majors seeking to invest in the Islamic republic, taking it a step closer to opening up its oil and gasfields to western investment. Gholamreza Manouchehri, the deputy head of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC), told the Financial Times that the companies already selected included Petroiran, Petropars, Mapna Group, Oil Industries Engineering and Construction group (OIEC) and Industrial Development and Renovation Organization of Iran (IDRO). But he said that a complete list…