According to reliable information and reports received, recent developments in Petroalefin Fanavaran and the manner of Beniz Sazeh's entry into sensitive oil projects have sparked a wave of concern among oil industry experts.
Hooshang Izadi: From Security to Rent Contracts
These developments are linked to Hooshang Izadi, the former head of security at the Ministry of Oil; an individual who had previously been mentioned in connection with the costly case of the missing oil rig. According to reports, Izadi's direct support for Beniz Sazeh in projects related to the continental shelf of Iran is fraught with serious ambiguities.
Technical sources say that two offshore rigs, which lacked the necessary approvals in specialized evaluations, were not only not excluded from the cycle but were also brought into the formal cooperation process by changing the contract structure and increasing prices beyond permissible ceilings; an action that has strengthened the suspicion of repeating the bitter experience of the "missing rig."
Izadi is introduced as the main supporter of this rent-seeking company; a security official who had previously been removed from the formal structure but is now associated with multimillion-dollar contracts. The public is asking to which network the benefits of these contracts actually revert.
Management Pressure and Waste of National Resources
Reports have emerged about the holding of meetings of the appointment committee of the Tappico petrochemical holding at the Argentina field office; meetings that, according to sources, have been conducted under Izadi's management and have turned into a place for exerting pressure on petrochemical managers and trading over positions and privileges. This case has now presented a series of serious questions about rent, management pressure, and the waste of national resources to supervisory bodies.
This situation clearly indicates the continuation of interventions by individuals and higher-level managers who influence the contracts of subsidiary companies of energy holdings based on their network interests.
