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Iranian oil workers threaten to

strike if crackdown is not ended

IRAN IRANIAN oil industry contract workers have Officials deny that was the case.
warned the government that they will strike if it RFE/RL on September 27 reported on several
does not end its crackdown on protesters, who Iranian university professors who have joined
have been demonstrating against Iran’s ruling students involved in the protests by refusing to
regime for nearly two weeks in scores of towns participate in classes.
and cities, Radio Farda has reported. The day also brought a report from the BBC
Such a strike could cripple an essential sec- on the claimed ruthless brutality of security
tor of the Iranian economy. The Iran Human forces attempting to drive the protesters off the
Rights Organisation said on September 27 that streets. Iranian riot police and security forces
at least 76 people had been killed in the ongoing clashed with demonstrators in dozens of cities
protests. during the latest day of unrest, Reuters reported.
“We support the people’s struggles against Germany on September 26 summoned the
organised and everyday violence against women Iranian ambassador to Berlin to urge Tehran to
and against the poverty and hell that dominates stop its violent crackdown.
the society,” the Organising Council of Oil Con- “We call on the Iranian authorities to allow
tract Workers said on September 26. peaceful protests and to not deploy further vio-
The unrest was sparked by the death of lence—in particular not fatal violence—against
22-year-old Mahsa Amini, who fell into a coma protesters,” the ministry said on Twitter. “We
and passed away after being seized by the moral- also communicated that directly to the Iranian
ity police in Tehran on September 13. Cam- ambassador in Berlin today.”™
paigners say there is evidence she was beaten.

PROJECTS & COMPANIES

First deal signed for

Qatar’s North Field South

QATAR FRANCE’S TotalEnergies was this week named which constitutes a key pillar of QatarEnergy’s
as state-owned QatarEnergy’s first international sustainability and energy transition strategy.”
partner for the upcoming southern expansion The deal follows the signing of five joint ven-
project at its key North Field gas asset. ture (JV) agreements with IOCs earlier in the
North Field South (NFS) will comprise two year for the $28.75bn North Field East (NFE)
LNG trains with a combined capacity of 16mn that will raise liquefaction capacity from the cur-
tonnes per year, taking the tiny peninsular rent level of 77mn tpy to 110mn tpy during the
nation’s overall export capacity to 126mn tpy by same timeframe as NFS. The NFE development
2027. comprises the drilling of 80 wells, installation of
A deal was signed by Qatari Energy Minis- eight offshore platforms, gas pipelines and four
ter and President and CEO of QatarEnergy HE 8mn tpy LNG trains.
Saad bin Sherida Al Kaabi and TotalEnergies’ As with NFS, TotalEnergies was named as the
CEO Patrick Pouyanne in Doha which will give first IOC partner for NFE, while deals were also
the French firm a net participating interest of signed for that project with Shell, ExxonMobil,
9.375% in NFS, out of the total 25% available to ConocoPhillips and Eni. The JVs with TotalEn-
IOCs. QatarEnergy will hold the remainder. ergies, ExxonMobil and Shell will run until 2054,
Al-Kaabi said: “QatarEnergy is moving for- while those with ConocoPhillips and Eni will
ward, to help meet growing global demand for expire in 2049.
cleaner energy, of which LNG is the backbone While QatarEnergy has not provided any
for a serious and realistic energy transition. We indication about its preferred partners for NFS,
are committing significant investments to lower each of the remaining four NFE participants are
the carbon intensity of our energy products, believed to be in the running.™

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