National Iranian South Oil Company

National Iranian South Oil Company
Company typeState-owned enterprise
IndustryOil and gas
Founded1971
HeadquartersAhvaz, Iran
Key people
Bijan Allipour
(CEO)[1]
ProductsOil, natural gas
OwnerNational Iranian Oil Company
Number of employees
28,000 (2012)
WebsiteNISOC.ir

The National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC; Persian: شرکت ملی مناطق نفت‌خیز جنوب ایران) is a government-owned corporation under the direction of the Ministry of Petroleum of Iran. NISOC is Iran's biggest oil producer.

NISOC operates as a subsidiary of National Iranian Oil Company. It was established in Masjed Soleyman in 1971.

The company is active in a land area more than 400,000 km². Its headquarters are in Ahvaz, Iran. NISOC also has nine other subsidiaries.

NISOC produces about 83% of all crude oil and 16% of natural gas produced in Iran.[2] This makes NISOC Iran's largest oil company.[3]

References

  1. ↑ "Key Executives For National Iranian South Oil Company". Bloomberg.
  2. ↑ "NISOC boosting oil production". IRNA. Archived from the original on 2015-11-21. Retrieved 2017-04-19.
  3. ↑ About NISOC