Energy

"The oil rigs currently operating in Iranian waters mostly work for Iranian state-owned companies. The rigs are owned by a variety of foreign firms, including Norway's Sinvest, London-based Foresight Group, China Oilfield Service, Japan Drilling and Saipem, a subsidiary of Italian oil giant ENI. Industry sources said they would probably be certified by either Lloyd's or Bureau Veritas. BV did not respond to inquiries." (The Washington Post, "Congress sees shipping-certification firms as tool to tighten Iran noose," 12/5/2011)

As of May 17, 2021, Iowa's Public Employee's Retirement System lists Tatneft on its Iran Scrutinized Companies List.

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Tatneft is listed as a prohibited company in the March 2020 and March 2021 Report to the New Jersey Legislature Iran Divestment Act. 

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"PJSC Tatneft has reportedly signed an agreement to develop the Deloran oilfield in Iran and performed studies on the development of the Shadeghan oilfield. In 2017, CalSTRS designated PJSC Tatneft as “Under Review” for potentially having ties to Iran. In 2018, CalSTRS designated PJSC Tatneft as “Being Monitored” due to potentially ongoing operations in Iran and maintained that status in 2020."

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As of August 15, 2019, the state of Iowa listed Tatneft on its Iran scrutinized companies list.

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Tatneft is listed in the March 1, 2019, Report to the New Jersey Legislature Iran Divestment Act. 

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In 2017, CalSTRS designated PJSC Tatneft as “Under Review” for potentially having ties to Iran. In 2018, CalSTRS designated PJSC Tatneft as “Being Monitored” due to potentially ongoing operations in Iran and maintained that designation in 2019. PJSC Tatneft has reportedly signed an agreement to develop the Deloran oilfield in Iran and performed studies on the development of the Shadeghan oil filed.

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In 2017 the U.S. state of California listed PJSC Tatneft on its list of companies under review for reportedly signing an agreement to develop the Delo ran oilfield in Iran.

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In 2018 the U.S. state of Iowa listed Tatneft as an Iran restricted company rendering Tatneft ineligible for investment and/or state contracting.

-- "The Russian oil and gas company Tatneft has declared that it was cooperating with the other Russian oil company Zarubezhneft over the Iranian Shadegan oilfield project." (January 27, 2018).

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 Russia's oil giant TATNEFT has submitted the result of its studies on Iran's Shadegan oilfield to the National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC). The two majors signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) for developing the field in March. Besides TATNEFT, NISOC has signed similar documents with other companies for developing the field. The Shadegan oil field is an oil field located in Khuzestan Province, in the south west of Ahvaz City. It was discovered in 1968 and the production was started after installing production facilities in 1988. The field has 23 km in length 6 km in width and includes two Asmari and Bangestan reservoirs and currently with 20 active wells, oil production is about 69,000 barrels per day (11,000 m3/d). (December 26, 2017)

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Russian Public Joint Stock Company TATNEFT signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with National Iranian South Oilfields Company (NISOC) for carrying oilfield development studies in southwestern Iran, Shana reported. The MOU for preliminary studies on Shadegan oilfield in Khuzestan province was signed by the two sides’ representatives in Tehran on Sunday. According to the agreement, TATNEFT will carry out studies on the field and the company is to hand the results and its proposal to NISOC in six months. (March 2017)

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"Following two earlier contracts with two Russian oil companies, Iran has signed a memorandum of cooperation in oil and gas industry with a third Russian firm. Given the newly-signed agreement, the number of Russian companies active in Iran’s oil and gas industries has reached a total of three. Previous deals were sealed with Zarubezhnefta and Lukoil companies while the third one Tatneft, a Russian vertically integrated oil and gas company with headquarters in the city of Almetyevsk in the Republic of Tatarstan... on Saturday morning, NIOC Managing Director Ali Kardor and CEO of Tatneft Nail Ulfatovich Maganov signed the deal to conduct developmental studies in Dehloran oil field. The agreement marks the first contract signed between NIOC and the Russian firm and it mainly deals with increasing recovery factor of the Iranian field." (Mehr News, "Iran inks oil deal with Russia's Tatneft," 10/8/2016).

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"Iran signed a deal reportedly worth up to $1 billion with Russia's Tatneft on Sunday to develop an oil field, a rare example of new foreign investment into the oil and gas sector of a country under ever tighter economic sanctions... The president of the southern Russian republic of Tatarstan, the home of Tatneft, in Tehran for the signing, also visited Iran's giant South Pars gas field and said he hoped for further economic cooperation with Iran." (The Wall Street Jounal, "Russian company signs up to develop Iran oil field," 12/17/2011)

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On January 15, 2011 Tatneft was removed from the Pennsylvania Treasury Iran Scrutinized Companies List for its past involvement. 

"Hansa Group AG of Duisburg, Germany, ramped up its trade with Iran's oil and gas sector, the company said, delivering industrial equipment from German manufacturers to a new Iranian company that didn't appear on the U.N. blacklist. This week, 18 months after the U.N. sanctions were imposed, Hansa Group said Germany's export-oversight agency had asked it to halt deliveries to the Iranian firm, as the European Union discusses updates to its Iranian blacklist. A spokesman from the German agency, known as BaFa, declined to comment. As the U.S. and EU seek stronger measures to force Tehran to abandon its nuclear program, the rise and fall of Hansa's supply business shows how the sanctions regime is often forced to play catch-up to businesses in Iran and abroad that quickly adapt... Hansa took over some contracts that had been drafted between Salzgitter and Sepanir to supply the Iranians with fire-protection equipment and other technical energy-industry needs—fulfilling the orders for Petrokish instead, commercial records show. In their new incarnation, some of these contracts even inherited the same procurement numbers, says Thomas Pfisterer, the Hansa management board member responsible for marketing... Mr. Pfisterer said in an interview in October that Hansa had bartered with Petrokish on its own behalf, while separately helping German firms conclude sales in Iran. 'We've taken market share' from competitors, he said. From June 2010 through November 2011, according to sales records reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, Petrokish ordered through Hansa more than €150 million ($195 million) in technology. Mr. Pfisterer said Hansa's niche in Iran trade was a 'gray area of business,' but was legal. The exports to Iran were approved by BaFa, according to Hansa and the suppliers. On Tuesday, BaFa asked Hansa to halt all deliveries to Petrokish. The request was made in connection with deliberations at an EU meeting on Dec. 1 that informally named new people and entities for sanction, Hansa told its suppliers in a letter seen by the Journal. A spokeswoman for Hansa Group said her firm is caught in a 'terrible situation.' Its suppliers require Hansa Group to accept delivery and pay for goods it ordered on behalf of Petrokish, but the goods can't be delivered to the Iranian company. Hansa Group is bargaining 'vacate its contracts with the least economic damage' she said. Petrokish isn't entirely dependent on Hansa for European trade... During a March meeting arranged by Hansa at the German office of a fire-protection equipment seller, a Petrokish representative recorded a memo on stationery bearing the logos of the Revolutionary Guard and the already-sanctioned Sepanir, according to a review of the document... BAFA spotted the logos, and asked Minimax to clarify the role of Sepanir in its sales to Iran, said Thorsten Giesek, a Minimax project manager who attended the Hansa-Petrokish meeting... Such deals are eased by the ability of companies in Germany to get underwriting. For example, this year Samson AG, which makes special valves used in gas fields, has obtained partial guarantees by at least three German banks for about €29 million in shipments via Hansa: Deutsche Bank AG and state-owned German banks Commerzbank AG and Landesbank Baden Würtemberg AG, or LBBW... Sonja Stegemann, who handles order processing at Hansa, said Hansa never tried to hide its business relationships with Iran, and the bank guarantees were arranged by Hansa's clients." (The Wall Street Journal, "Sanctions Hit—and Miss—in German Trade With Iran," 12/17/2011)

In November 2017, Iran discussed bilateral cooperation in the field of air industries with Antonov company CEO. Iran and Antonov company have been cooperating in the production and operation of aircrafts for two decades.

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"The Persian Gulf country will buy two Ukrainian-made Antonov-158s, after a test flight of the aircraft earlier this month, Mohammad-Ali Sirati, managing director of the Iranian aircraft company, was cited as saying by the official Islamic Republic News Agency. The countries then will start to jointly build the aircraft next year, Sirati, whose company will be in charge of the project, said in Tehran yesterday. Some 30 percent of each plane will be made in Iran, state-run media reported." (Business Week, "Iran Says Antonov-158 Built With Ukraine May Fly in 2013," 10/6/2011)

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Antonov lists on its website that their AN-24 turboprop aircraft is serially produced at HESA plant in Isfahan, Iran. (Antonov website)

• “Iran stopped exporting natural gas to Turkey after Bootash Natural Gas Co. requested a halt in supply, the Iranian Oil Ministry news website reported, citing the head of public relations for the National Iranian Gas Co. Gas exports from the Bazargan facilities was cut off at 11 p.m on Sep. 22, Majid Bojarzadeh said, according to the website, Shana. Turkey’s Bootash Natural Gas said it wanted to examined the pipeline and repair ‘probable defects’ in the export link, the report cited him as saying.” (Bloomberg, "Iran Stops Gas Exports to Turkey Due to Pipe Repairs" 9/26/2011)

SPG is a German engineering firm that designs components for the oil and gas industry, covering production, processing, storage, and distribution (Company Website).

SPG's website details a 2010 installation of three components in Iran's Bandar Imam Khomeini Petrochemical Complex.

In July 2008, the German Federal Office for Economics and Export Control (BAFA) concluded its year-long investigation into German engineering firm Steiner-Prematechnik-Gastec's plans to build equipment for three Iranian liquefied natural gas plants, according to The Jerusalem Post. A German government spokesman stated, "Because the equipment would be built here and then sent to Iran that work does not fall under any existing sanctions involving Iran." However, The Jerusalem Post later reported that the deal created tension between the German and Israeli governments.

SPG's website lists a sales office based in Iran, SPG Persia.

Siirtec Nigi is an Italian engineering firm specializing in sulphur recovery, acid gas removal, oil and gas processing, and environmental cleanup (Company Website).

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The Italian engineering and contracting company, Siirtec Nigi has been awarded several contracts to help develop Iran's energy sector. According to the company's website, Siirtec Nigi received a contract from Italian trading and supply firm Irasco S.r.l. in August 2007 to supply the engineering, procurement and fabrication of various technological units at Iran's Kharg Island.

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Siirtec Nigi lists dozens of major projects in Iran's energy sector in its "Equipment and Packages Projects" section of its website. (Company Website)

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Siirtec Nigi lists the Iranian Offshore Oil Company, a component of the National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) as a client. (Company Website)

Fortuna Construction Co. lists itself as the sole representative of Sandvik Mining and Construction in Iran on the company website. 

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Sandvik is a Swedish engineering firm specializing in tooling, materials technology, mining, and construction (Company Website).

An industry publication reported that in March 2010, Sandvik subsidiary Sandvik Process Systems, announced that it would be supplying the sulfur solidification and handling technology for the Pars Oil & Gas Company (POGC). The order is scheduled for delivery by the end of 2010 and is the third such deal Sandvik has secured. The latest order includes the company's Rotoform-based granulation technology and other equipment.

A Sandvik brochure obtained on the company's website features pictures of past mining and construction projects in Iran.

Ludden Inc. is a Sweden-based consulting firm offering "senior consultancy services for projects involving HD engines and vehicles, alternative fuels, and diesel (Company Website). 

Ludden's website advertises various management projects in Iran, including bus and truck engine installations and natural gas engine conversions. 

Cemp International is an Italian engineering firm that manufactures industrial motors designed for application in the energy industry.  It is a part of the Indian Holding Group ABG (Company Website)

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CEMP lists seventeen projects in Iran from the last three years in its "References" section.  These include five from the year 2012, three of which involved the South Pars Field Development.  In total, CEMP lists more than 50 projects in Iran as references. (Company Website)

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CEMP lists the Khavar Engineering Company in Mashad, Iran as an "Authorized Repairer." (Company Website)

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The firm lists a Tehran engineering company, Norahan Tadbir Toos Eng. Co., as providing sales, distribution, and repair services for Cemp in Iran. 

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Cemp International does business in the United States through its Canadian subsidiary, Lafert Metricmotors.