China

China's National Transportation Equipment & Engineering Co is close to agreeing with Tehran on a $3 billion railway project to connect the capital with the northeastern holy city of Mashhad, a Chinese source familiar with the talks told Reuters. (Reuters, “Big Guards-owned company may lose out as Iran economy, politics shift,” 5/26/2016)

“May 27 Liaoning Wellhope Agri-tech Joint Stock Co Ltd… Says it signs MOU with Iran's Abzi Gostar Mobtakeran Teheran feed to set up JV in Iran” (Reuters, “BRIEF-Liaoning Wellhope Agri-Tech signs mou with Iran's Abzi Gostar to set up JV,” 5/27/2016)

“Asia is the main destination for crude shipped by foreign vessels, with India, China and Japan the biggest takers, but at least four international tankers are also heading for Europe. India, in particular, is taking a lead role as its demand soars and refiners such as Essar Oil, Reliance Energy, Hindustan Petroleum Corp, and Bharat Petroleum Corp enjoy good ties with Iran. The non-Iranian companies currently chartered to carry its oil include Chinese state controlled shipper China Shipping Development, PetroVietnam and Japan's Idemitsu Kosan.” (Reuters, “As Iran’s oil exports surge, international tankers help ship its fuel,” 6/6/2016)

As of December 2020, Rhode Island continues to list Sinopec Group as having active investment in Iran's energy sector of at least greater than $50 million. 

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"Chinese oil companies such as Sinopec [SASADZ.UL], CNOOC Ltd and others have managed to reduce their shipments of Iranian oil but it is unclear which Chinese government parties might still be buying Iranian oil, a senior U.S. energy official said on Tuesday." (Reuters, "U.S. to monitor Iranian oil shipments, will eye Chinese purchases: official," 9/10/2019).

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Sinopec Group is the parent company of Sinopec Corp
 

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"China's state oil giants are set to start pumping a combined 160,000 barrels a day at two projects in southwestern Iran from around October, company sources said, contributing to Tehran's plan to boost output ahead of sanctions being lifted. Chinese energy firms had earlier put on hold or slowed work on energy projects in Iran from late 2010, worried about penalties that might be imposed by Washington as it led world powers to press Tehran to curb its nuclear ambitions. Sources at Sinopec Group, parent of Sinopec Corp and China National Petroleum Corp said companies have since late last year stepped up work at existing main contracts, after prodding from Iranian counterparts as negotiations were continuing over the eventual easing of sanctions. Sinopec Group is expected to start producing at the Yadavaran oilfield at 85,000 barrels per day (bpd) under phase-one development, two company sources said, part of a $2 billion deal signed in 2007 to build a 200,000 bpd producer. 'Yadavaran project is progressing smoothly and is expected to start producing at 85,000 bpd by the end of the year,' said company spokesman Lu Dapeng." (Reuters, "China state firms to start pumping new oil in Iran," 7/31/15)
 

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"Top Iranian officials are traveling this week to Beijing to meet executives at one of China's largest energy companies to discuss oil projects after a political agreement to eventually lift Western sanctions was struck, people familiar with the matter said. The meetings with Sinopec Group, a state-owned Chinese company, come as China is looking to secure its interests in Iran following a tentative agreement last week with the U.S. and European powers that could enable the return of major Western oil companies to the world's fourth-largest oil patch. They are also among the first signs that foreign companies are moving to position themselves for Iran's opening up to the world if sanctions over its nuclear program are lifted. Iran and the six major powers still must hammer out final details of the agreement by June 30... The Iranian delegation will include Oil Minister Bijan Namdar Zanganeh and the deputy oil minister for international affairs, Amir-Hossein Zamaninia. They plan to meet the management of Sinopec, China's largest oil refiner, an Iranian official and people close to Sinopec said." (WSJ, "Iranian Officials Travel to Beijing to Discuss Oil Deals," 4/7/15)

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

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As of December 2020, Rhode Island continues to list Sinopec Engineering as having active investment in Iran's energy sector of at least greater than $50 million.

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In January 2020, Sinopec Engineering was added to the Pennsylvania Treasury's List of Scrutinized Companies for new involvement in Iran identified in 2020. 

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Sinopec Engineering 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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Sinopec Engineering is listed on the 4Q 2020 Minnesota State Board of Investment List of Unauthorized (Scrutinized) Iran Companies.

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On March 18, 2014, Sinopec Engineering was added to the Florida State Board of Administration List of Prohibited Investments (Scrutinized Companies) due to its involvement in Iran. As of March 9, 2021, Sinopec Engineering remains on the SBA list of prohibited investments. 

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In 2020, the U.S. state of Mississippi listed Sinopec Engineering on its state lists of Companies Doing Business with the Iranian Petroleum/Natural Gas, Nuclear and Military Sectors, rendering it ineligible for investment and/or state contracting.

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On June 1, 2020, the Ohio Police & Fire Pension Fund (“OP&F”) listed SEG on its scrutinized companies Iran/Sudan list.

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As of May 28, 2020, the Florida State Board of Administration (“SBA”) continues to list SEG on its list of “Scrutinized companies with Activities in the Iran Petroleum Energy Sector.

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On May 15, 2020, the IPERS identified SEG on its Iran Prohibited Companies List.   

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On January 20, 2020, Minnesota SBI listed SEG as a scrutinized investment. The managers are explicitly instructed to refrain from purchasing securities on this list. ied SEG on its Iran Prohibited Companies List.   

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As of March 2, 2020, SEG is included as a company on the prohibited list report to the New Jersey Legislature

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As of December 31, 2019, the Alaska Retirement Management Board lists SEG as a company doing material business with Iran.  

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In 2019 Sinopec Engineering was listed on the Texas Comptroller List of Companies Engaging in Scrutinized Business Operations in Iran.  

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Sinopec Engineering is listed on the June 4, 2019 and July 12, 2019 Florida State Board of Administration list of prohibited investments (Scrutinized companies) for Iran related business.

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Sinopec Engineering is listed on the June 2019 Alaska Retirement Management Board, Companies Doing Material Business with Iran list.

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On March 13, 2019, the Mississippi Department of Finance & Administration identified SEG as a company “engaged in investment activities in Iran, providing funds, goods or services valued at $20,000,000 or more in the energy sector of Iran.” 

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

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Sinopec Engineering is listed on the March 2019 Alaska Retirement Management Board, Companies Doing Material Business with Iran list.

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"International oil services companies are scrambling to win contracts worth tens of billions to repair and modernize Iran's oil refineries once sanctions are removed, with officials even laying on bus tours for visiting foreign executives. Officials from Iran's oil refining company NIORDC, its National Petrochemical Company and the privately owned Persian Oil and Gas are holding talks with services firms to clinch projects to repair Iran's derelict refining and petrochemical sector... Oil services companies that had been active in building refineries in Iran prior to the sanctions, including Australia’s WorleyParsons, France’s Technip and Axens, South Korea's Daelim and China's Sinopec Engineering were all interested in resuming business in the country, the sources said. The companies declined to discuss whether they are meeting in Iran." (Reuters, “Foreign firms scramble to fix Iran's refineries once sanctions end,” 8/17/2015)

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"Building on longstanding close commercial ties between Italy and Iran, Italian solar players Genesis, Denikon and Carlo Maresca signed memorandums of understanding for a total of 1.5 gigawatts of solar. And Iran’s Tasnim News Agency in May claimed China’s Shanxi International Energy Group was set to build 600 megawatts of PV capacity in the country." (Greentech Media, "Iran Wants to Develop Its Solar Market With Foreign Help. But Trade Restrictions Are Still a Problem" 7/7/2016)

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Shanxi reportedly “voiced its readiness to construct a number of photovoltaic power stations in the Islamic Republic with a total capacity to produce 600 megawatts of electricity,” during a meeting with Iranian energy officials. Furthermore, it “agreed to invest in a major project to construct photovoltaic power stations across Iran.”  (Tasmin News, “Chinese Firm to Build Solar Power Plants in Iran,” 5/5/2016)

Kenbotong Communications is listed as an exhibitor at the Iran Telecom Innovations Conference that took place from September 25-28, 2016, in Tehran, Iran. (Iran Telecom Innovations Exhibitor List, 2016).

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Kenbotong Communications lists an office in Tehran, Iran under Parseh Negar Communications Co on its company website. (Kenbotong Contact Information).