Bijan Allipour

Bijan Allipour (born 27 March 1949, Masjed Soleyman, Iran) is an Iranian business executive and upstream oil and gas expert.[1] He is an advisor to the Petroleum Minister of Iran (Bijan Zangeneh) in development projects.[2][3][4] He was chairman and CEO of National Iranian South Oil Company (NISOC) from 2014[5] to 2018.[6] Allipour was also a member of the board of directors of National Iranian Oil Company (NIOC).[7] Prior to his current position he was the senior executive vice president of NISOC, which he had joined in 1979.

Bijan Allipour
Born (1949-03-27) March 27, 1949
Masjed Soleyman, Iran
NationalityIranian
EducationMechanical Engineering
Industrial Engineering
Alma materUniversity of Central Oklahoma
OccupationCEO of
NISOC (2014-2018)

He holds a master's degree in Industrial Engineering[8] from the University of Central Oklahoma. Among other positions, Alipour used to have in NISOC are Manager of Engineering and Construction, Director of Road & Construction and Head of Transportation and Logistics of NIOC.[9] Prior to this, he used to be the Advisor of Khuzestan's Governor in Civil Projects.[10][11]

In 2015, NISOC was the largest Iranian oil company[12] and produced about 3 million barrels of oil per day.[13] NISOC output accounted for nearly 83% of total crude oil production of Iran.[14][13]

Early life and education

Alipour was born in Masjed Soleyman, Iran, in 1949. He holds a B.S. in Mechanical Engineering and master's degree of Industrial Engineering from the University of Central Oklahoma.[15]

Career

Prior to his appointment as managing director of NISOC, Allipour held the following positions:

Allipour is also a member of the board of trustees of the Cultural Heritage, Handicrafts and Tourism Organization of Iran.[17]

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References
  1. "Bijan Aalipour". Bloomberg. Apr 27, 2015.
  2. "Who Are Iran's New Oil Managers? Iran Petroleum Ministry Shakeup". Shana.ir. 21 January 2019.
  3. "Iran Signs Oil Deal With UK Group as France's Total Exits". VOANews. 2018-05-17.
  4. "NISOC's Board of Directors". NISOC.
  5. "NISOC gets new director". IRNA. Retrieved 2014-10-19.
  6. "Ahmad Muhammadi Assigned as NISOC CEO - Executive Recruiting". www.gulfoilandgas.com. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  7. "NIOC's Members of the board of directors". National Iranian Oil Company. Archived from the original on 2015-11-19.
  8. "Board Of Directors". www.nisoc.ir. Retrieved 2018-05-21.
  9. "Developing Maroun Khami Field Started". Shana.ir. Archived from the original on 2014-10-27.
  10. "Crude Output to Reach 3 mbpd". Financial Tribune. Oct 8, 2015.
  11. "Britain supports its companies' activities in Iran: envoy". Tehran Times. 2018-05-18.
  12. "Power restored in Iran oil regions, output loss to be compensated". Reuters. Feb 11, 2017.
  13. "NISOC Ready for Maximum Production". shana. July 20, 2015.
  14. "Iran can hit 1 million bpd mark 'in 3 months'". presstv. Aug 29, 2015.
  15. "NISOC to raise production". irna. Oct 7, 2015.
  16. "Iran oil company ready to boost output to maximum after lifting sanctions". isna. Oct 31, 2015. Archived from the original on 2016-03-07.
  17. https://whc.unesco.org/document/156851
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