Tehran is hoping to sign new agreements with Russian energy companies by mid-December, Iran's Deputy Oil Minister Amir Zamaninia said.
"We hope that by the second half of December, we are ready to sign major agreements with these six Russian companies," Zamaninia said during the Russia-Iranian energy forum, specifying that the companies interested in exploring Iran's energy reserves are Gazprom, Rosneft, LUKoil, Gazpromneft, Tatneft, Zarubezhneft.
"We are prepared as of today to hold a workshop [for Russian energy companies] in Tehran to go over the financial model, technical model of a new contract. We can hold it as early as you are prepared… And then engage in a discussion of coming up with an agreement," Sputnik cited Zamaninia as saying.
