Iran has not responded "Gazprom oil" on the possibility of changing the contract

"As part of its obligations," Gazprom Neft "has prepared a general development plan and negotiated the terms of the contract. At the moment the parties are unable to reach mutually beneficial agreements. "Gazprom Neft" has not received an answer to a question about the possibility of changes proposed by the Iranian side conditions ", – he said. Iran has deprived "Gazprom Neft" right to develop Iran's Azar field in connection with the "tightening of the Russian party the terms of signing the contract," reported earlier on Monday by the Associated Press referring to the Iranian media. According to a senior representative of the oil industry of Iran Hamid Karimi (Hamid Karimi), which quoted the agency Mehr, a Russian company in this project will replace a consortium of Iranian companies. Last week, Iran offered "Gazprom oil" transfer development rights on the border with Iraq Azar field to another company. The Iranian ambassador in Moscow Seyed Sajjadi Mahmudreza then lamented the fact that the contract between "Gazprom oil" and the National Iranian Oil Company to develop the field Azar prepared two years, but "Gazprom Neft" has more than eight months does not put his signature to the document. As noted by the diplomat, delaying the process of signing a negative impact on Russian-Iranian economic cooperation. Iran is the second largest exporter of oil among OPEC countries, and in terms of production of "black gold" is the fourth largest in the world. Sale of oil on international markets for 80% of revenues to the state treasury.