TEHRAN, Nov. 11 (UPI) -- The Iranian oil minister left for Kuwait Tuesday to discuss progress on a deal to export natural gas to the emirate through an underwater pipeline by 2011.

TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries may convene earlier than its Dec. 17 meeting if oil prices continue to drop, officials said Monday.

TEHRAN, Nov. 10 (UPI) -- Energy officials from Iran, Qatar and Russia plan to hold trilateral talks in Doha later this week to discuss gas cooperation, Iranian officials said Monday.

TEHRAN, Oct. 31 (UPI) -- Iran will follow recommendations from the OPEC cartel and drop its oil production quota by 199,000 barrels per day beginning in November, officials said Friday.

WASHINGTON, Oct. 30 (UPI) -- In the aftermath of the August Russian-Georgian military confrontation, Western hopes for using the Caucasian nation as an energy corridor bypassing both Russia and Iran have suffered a severe setback. Now Turkey, dependent on Russia and Iran for its natural gas imports, is investing in Iran, a development that greatly displeases Washington.

TEHRAN, Oct. 5 (UPI) -- A price for a barrel of crude oil that is below $100 is unacceptable, Iranian Oil Minister Gholam Hossein Nozari says.

TEHRAN, Sept. 2 (UPI) -- Iran's oil minister Tuesday said the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries should discuss reining in excessive oil production.

Iran struggles as the West pulls away from investing; Shell to construct gas plant in Nigeria; tropical storms stabilized oil prices Tuesday.

TEHRAN, July 16 (UPI) -- Iran announced Wednesday an October oil refining conference to discuss cooperation across the sector and industrial developments.