Iran and Russia tightened their embrace in the energy sector through an agreement to study the prospects for oil fields near the Iraqi border, directors said. Directors from the National Iranian Oil Co. and Gazprom Neft , the oil division of Russian energy company Gazprom, met in Tehran for the signing of agreements to study two oil fields in the Iranian border with Iraq. “Changuleh – which sits on Iran’s border with Iraq – is already proving to have become one of Iran’s emerging top oil project prizes,” Iran’s state-funded broadcaster Press TV reported . Iran is working to bring foreign investors back to an energy sector previously shuttered by sanctions imposed for its controversial nuclear sector. Iran and Russia have established energy ties, with the latter supplying some of the fuel needed to power the Bushehr nuclear power plant in Iran. Norwegian oil […]