Global energy market should not be politicized – Iran oil minister
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Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zangeneh warned that the global
energy market should not be politicized, noting that the market
should be managed free from politics.
“Politicizing the energy market through imposing financial,
commercial and technological restrictions on major producers and
clients could harm the market,” Zangeneh said on Sunday addressing
the 23rd International Oil, Gas, Refining and Petrochemical
Exhibition (Iran Oil Show-2018) Tehran.
He added that Iran has practically proved in its trades that it has
safeguarded a free trade system and the issue of energy security in
the global market free from politics.
The International exhibition kicked off in the Iranian capital
Tehran on Sunday.
Exhibitors from 38 countries represented over 4,000 Iranian and
foreign international companies at the showcase, touted as the
largest annual convention in Iran's petroleum industry, Shana
reported.
The four-day exhibition is sponsored by the Iranian Ministry of
Petroleum and its subsidiary the National Iranian Oil Company.
The exhibitors see the event as a great opportunity to directly get
in touch with major foreign companies and domestic producers to
undertake mutual cooperation and strike contracts in the upstream
and downstream oil sectors.
Last year's exhibition was attended by 800 international companies
from China, South Korea, Turkey, Italy, Spain, France, Austria,
Germany and Finland.