Qatar in a surprise announcement says it will leave the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) next month in a move that appears to have been meant to take a swipe at the group’s de factor leader Saudi Arabia.  

Russia’s energy giant Gazprom says it is moving closer to an ambitious scheme that envisages the development of several Iranian gas projects.

A Russian tanker has delivered the country’s first consignment of liquefied natural gas (LNG) to Britain but a British official says the gas will not be supplied to Britain after regasification.

Iran has finalized a contract which could provide it with a crucial access to global markets of liquefied natural gas (LNG) it had been denied for years as a result of US sanctions.  

Iran’s Petroleum Minister Bijan Zanganeh says the country is looking into the possibility of bringing in the French energy giant Total for production of liquefied natural gas (LNG) – a scheme that he said could lead to exports of the fuel to Europe.

Iran has begun to export liquefied petroleum gas (LPG) to three African states.

Korea Gas Corporation (KOGAS) is reportedly considering a plan to build a subsea natural gas pipeline between Iran and Oman.