TEHRAN. Sept 21 (Interfax) - A delegation of the National Iranian Oil Company (NOIC) will visit Moscow either in late September or in early October in order to continue talks with Gazprom (RTS: GAZP).

Text of report by Iranian conservative, privately-owned Fars News Agency website Fars News Agency: Managing director of Karun Oil and Gas Exploitation Company has said: Through professional works and technical studies, the daily oil production of the Karun Oil and Gas Exploitation Company is predicted to increase to 64,500 barrels this year [Iranian year started 20 March 2008].

By Anonymous Just days after French oil giant Total withdrew from its planned multibillion-dollar gas investment project in Iran, Gazprom decided to enter the market with its own multibilliondollar deal to develop Iranian oil and gas fields.

Text of report in English by Iranian official government news agency IRNA website Tehran, 29 August: Iran's Oil Minister here Friday [29 August] considered the Iranian oil industries' greatest challenge in recent years the provision of parts, reiterating that we turned it to an opportunity, manufacturing what we needed in Iran.

Text of report in English by Iranian conservative news agency Mehr Tehran, 18 July: The National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC) and Russian giant gas company Gazprom have signed an agreement for the development of Iran's oil and gas fields.