Iran hits comeback trail

摘要

The smoke signals of diplomacy over the Mid-East Gulf may be ambiguous but Iran's oil ambitions are not. Veteran oil minister Bijan Zanganeh intend* 4.5mn bl/d in crude and condensate production and 2.3mn bl/d in exports by the next Iranian year, beginning on 21 March. This depends critically on the relaxation of sanctions—but is the country's oil industry ready to meet the challenge?